[Recovery Tank] Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus

Source: RU Portal

Wargaming together with Panzer museum in Kubinka intends to restore the legendary tank Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus- The famous primarily unusual characteristics. Some of its parameters have no analogues in the world, it is valuable as a monument of engineering mid XX century.

 
10 Facts about this German Monster:

1. Maus - the heaviest tank ever built. It weighs 188 tons, which is more than three together "Tigers". 
2. Not every bridge that time could not stand such a giant. Therefore, designers should consider the possibility wading depth of up to 8 m along the bottom.  
3. 128 mm main gun "Mouse" could pierce any enemy tank from a distance of up to 2500 meters. Similar results could not boast of any serial tank anti-Hitler coalition.  
4. Gluttony "Mousy" is also impressive: on field trials in off-road fuel consumption reached 350 liters per 10 km.  
5. Development and testing of the tank began in 1941 and was carried out in secrecy. Prior to testing the Germans inflicted on the prototype markings, vaguely similar to the Soviet. This was done in order to give the tank for one of the Soviet trophies that were tested at the site. 
6. Competitor Maus tank was similar project under the symbol Krupp Tiger-Maus, who lost the competition and was closed. Subsequently, however, the company revived its Adlerwerke badged E100.  
7. Allied intelligence agencies are actively interested in the development of "Mouse", but it was the Soviet troops managed to capture both built prototype of the tank and a significant part of documentation.  
8. Germans tried to prevent the seizure of their monstrous creations: one prototype was blown up, the second shot. Later one of them and collected the unique instance.  
9. Transportation huge military machine was not easy. Until Soviet Maus got almost a year and arrived in Moscow in May 1946.  
10. At present, the only one in the world is located in the suburban Maus tank museum in Kubinka.