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Another project of the German "super heavy" tank It Pz. VII "Lowe" (Lion). This fighting machine in the design stage received index VK 7201 (K) Pz. VII "Lowe" was designed in two versions: "light version " - weighing 76 tons and armor-protected 100 mm and "Heavy" - weighing 90 tons and armored...

In December 1939 in KB Plant № 185 was tasked to create: "Set 152-mm gun or any other big gun with suitable large initial velocities at the base of Tank T-100" for destroyed with concrete fortifications January 8 drawings of T-100X (X) were transferred at the Izhorskij factory. Instead of...

more T100 on test...

Heavy breakthrough tank T-100 (ussr) The combat weight of 58 tons. Armament one 76.2 mm gun A-10 (before sending the Karelian isthmus was rearmed on A-11), one 45-mm cannon, 2 machine guns DT, booking of 60-65 mm shell forehead, the tower of 60 mm, 60 mm board The crew - 6 people SMK and T-100...

Famous tank SMK (Sergei Mironovich Kirov ), the progenitor of KV tanks.

T95 engine was too weak and max. speed of T95 did not exceed 12 km / h. Machine weight was 86.3 tons, making it second only to the German "Maus" super heavy fighting machine "made in metal".

As you can see, the caterpillars 4. Also in March 1945, the name of Tank T-28 has been replaced by self-propelled on T95. That, in general, reflect the truth. Also provided for installation of 12.7-mm machine gun turret, the top shell on the commander's cupola. After the Second World War the...

Not spared fashion on create a "super heavy tanks" and the Americans. Just as the British army Americans and wanted to create a tank without a turret for break heavily fortified defensive lines. Design began in September 1943. Planned to install a tank new gun (caliber 105-mm), thick frontal...

Tank now

Gathered by Soviet experts, "Mouse"has arrived in suburban estate Kubinka much as 4 May 1946, and now this unique exhibit of the Military-historical museum of armored vehicles and weapons in Kubinka. On this photo a tank in 1960

Allies received three sets of body and towers for "Maus" on the firm Krupp factory in Essen

This collected from two tanks, an "almost complete" Maus", before sending in the USSR on special railway platform capacity of 180 tons.

Tank "Maus" Type 205 / 2 found 14 kilometers from the first sample in Shtammlagere near Zossen. The tank was blown up, but suffered in the main body, which allowed the Soviet experts "gather" from the two tanks alone. Corpus was used to type 250 / 1, and the tower of the type 250 / 2. Such an...

Tank "Maus" Type 205 / 1 captured by Soviet troops in the area of Kummersdorf

tanks stored in Kummersdorf 1945, in the back of the tank type 250 / 2 is clearly visible extra fuel tank for 1500 liters.

And here is Type 205 / 2, with the standard turret and armament. June 1944

The only time the "Maus" decided to test run on the off-road (March 16, 1944) - attempt failed miserably: 180-ton tank sunk almost to the very tower. The rescue mission involving forces of the 7 th spare tank regiment lasted nearly a week. In the photo is clearly seen inflicted on the body to...

"Mouse" was created a two copies - type 205 / 1 with the mass-dimensional model of the tower and the type 205 / 2 is fully complete with weapons. In this photo, type 205 / 1 at the site in Boeblingen, January-February 1944

Well, the most famous of "Super heavyweight" - "Maus", or "Mouse"(up to February 1943). Weight - 180 tons, crew of 6 people. Reservations: forehead - 200 mm board - 180 / 105 mm, feed - 160 mm, the brow of the tower - 210mm. Max. speed movement - 20-25 km / h. shose, 4-10 mph over rough terrain...

I wrote above - On photo - modern reconstruction made on computer.