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The Maus - Nazi Germany's Biggest Tank

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The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was the largest tank ever built and the result of German designers' wartime obsession with larger and move heavily armoured vehicles. Find out how it was created and used and its ultimate fate.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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@HoH 5 лет назад

I like how they wanted to name it mammoth, but, as to make the name more fitting for the biggest tank, named it mouse.

@simonkevnorris 5 лет назад

Maus.... cough cough....Nice video again anyway!

@ibreathenapalm1112 5 лет назад

Same goes for "Goliath" which, ironically, was a small RC tank guided bomb.

@floatsterfn 5 лет назад

All for the sake of misleading Allied spies, same as with the Nebelwerfer

@alphalobster8021 5 лет назад

More of a British trait I would say. Where the Americans name an aircraft the Black Widow, we would call it a Fairy.

@daffaarsya8165 5 лет назад

German humor at its finest

@user-bo1ej5im9t 4 года назад

Maus:(exist) Bridge: Ah shit here we go again

@cubancoffee 5 лет назад

Maus in da Haus

@mystictomato9466 4 года назад

When you realize that King Tiger's frontal armor was never penetrated by allied anti tank weapons and Maus' rear armor is stronger than King Tiger's frontal armor. Maus was made not to care about being outflanked.

@voughklry8362 4 года назад

if the big tank didn’t work Then it clearly wasn’t big enough

@varun009 5 лет назад

"mein fhurer, ve have build ze biggest tank in se vurld! What shall we call it?" Hitler: "mouse" "but mein fhure-" Hitler: M O U S E !

@ellisdiggle1523 5 лет назад

Hitler whilst viewing the maginot line: i want this but put it on tracks so it cant be outflanked. Hence the Maus

@raptorjesus3894 5 лет назад

"Can't be out-flanked" and "Maus" do not go well together...

@insertnamehere6096 5 лет назад

@@raptorjesus3894 r/woooosh

@pillsburrydough9931 5 лет назад

@@insertnamehere6096 not really

@pizzapanda8527 5 лет назад

GroßDeutsches Reich r/ihavereddit

@kstreet7438 5 лет назад

@@insertnamehere6096 r/woosh

@MausOfTheHouse 5 лет назад

ah yes, everybody loves me

@Just-me-Laura 5 лет назад

😂

@alnevenkonnyu 5 лет назад

I usually don't (well, actually never) write any comments, but as far as we know, the Maus - and his bigger "brother", the Ratte (rat) were never meant to be tanks... As the germans prepared for the allied invasion in Normandy, they knew that the positions of the coastal guns would be well known by the enemy, and the overwhelming allied naval and air soperiority would most probably knock out ANY fix positioned coastal guns, no mater how well they are fortified. As they mostly did... That called for the concept of mobile coastal defensive fortresses. Due to the concept they wait in their bunkers till the end of the allied air raids, and as "the cat is away" they move out and open fire to the landing crafts and the ships near the coast. That explains the name... The 128mm gun is capable to sink even a destroyer, and the coax 75mm gun made sense against the smaller boats and the troops on the beach. The shorter barell of the 75mm shows: it was never ment to be used against tanks. The Ratte was even planned to carry the gun turrets of german warhips. And had AA guns. It was even called a "Landkreuzer" (land cruiser). Never a "Panzer". The invasion in the summer made both projects obsolete, and the germans stopped them at once. This version of history makes more sense, well, at least for me...

@maddogmcfly5504 5 лет назад

really good points. when i look at the later german tanks, in the context of them running out of fuel and soldiers, these larger vehicles seem to make some sense in a more defensive role as a means of conserving fuel and possibly being a force multiplier, able to take out many allied tanks per loss of their own. if you look at it as using the same amount of resources to make as 8 t34s, the maus crew is only that of say 2 t34s and its fuel consumption may be only as much as say 3 t34s, but in theory it might be able to achieve a say 20 or 30 to 1 kill ratio on t34s, it might make sense. of course the problem in the field is as said elsewhere, allied airpower for a start, but also the need for appropriate support for them in the field by infantry etc so as to prevent them being swarmed and molotovs or satchel charges being used on them

@camo7886 5 лет назад

I don't think that makes any more sense than anything else about this tank. Something as big as this would have lasted 5 minutes in Normandy before being destroyed by allied air power.

@camo7886 5 лет назад

@@Draious seriously chaps, this is all unlikely it was strategically considered in this depth. Hitler liked the idea of big tanks, so Germany made big tanks.

@alexbush2183 5 лет назад

Do you have any sources for this as I think it's actually a very clever idea and would like to look more into it

@Mechmaster0 5 лет назад

But the design was approved in June 1942, were the Germans really preparing for an allied invasion of France that early in the war?

@knenda1 5 лет назад

Those Russians who reassembled this tank from two wrecks must have had loads of fun :)

@bunkerratte_ 5 лет назад

Finally a topic I know something about - if you ever visit Germany and are interested in the development: the Kummersdorf test site is almost frozen in time and can be visited with guides like me ;) Great video as always Mark :)

@laurenz2426 5 лет назад

Will visit it when i have my license.

@apocalypticsurvivor1881 5 лет назад

was wird da erzählt und/oder gezeigt

@FrankDad 5 лет назад

Oh boy... (and this is tooooootallly not a plug), how could a person contact you to take a tour???

@irondarknessdarkness8900 5 лет назад

i have a maus in Wot , my second favorite next to my KV-2 152. couple of problems with the maus both solvable , roadways and bridges for it to use, and track improvements...as far as shipping it ever hear of this? www.railwayage.com/mechanical/freight-cars/kasgro-builds-worlds-largest-railroad-car/ and lastly weapons improvements.

@antonypiniepedus1066 5 лет назад

I'd rather visit alone, by myself and not with someone by my side who thinks he has to explain what I am seeing.

@marcocammozzo7553 5 лет назад

The Jagdtiger actually saw combat in the last desperate defences, as Otto Carius written in his book, where he commanded the Jagdtigers crewed by inexperienced young soldiers.

@chichan9013 4 года назад

That's not a mouse. That's a Maus!

@Zztoph 5 лет назад

Weight of the two t28 super heavy tanks combined. Even though t28 was considered as a monster.

@timheersma4708 5 лет назад

There was an even bigger tank on the drawing board - the "Ratte". at 1000 tonnes and utilizing a battleship turret with two barrels, 2 U-Boat engines as planned propulsion, it would have been a very damaging piece of military hardware. Damaging to roads, bridges, and practically anything else in it's way had it been built.

@MyKonaRC 5 лет назад

I like how the russians had to use German vehicles to move a German tank. hahaha

@monarchist1838 5 лет назад

At 1:12 and several other shots, you will notice the German tank has the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem. This was meant to fool any allied spies who infiltrated the testing grounds into believing the Maus wasn't German but a captured Soviet weapon.

@herbivorethecarnivore8447 5 лет назад

The turret weighed the same as a full Tiger 1. Fucking hell.

@meehzinhoo276 5 лет назад

I Would like too see the allied troops face when they saw the maus for the first time.

@PTQ4Q4Q4Q4 5 лет назад

One of the best history channels with short videos, I wish he would make a longer doco, I really love his way of explaining and his voice suits really suits.

@fivenightsofrandomness9224 5 лет назад

For anyone wondering what the hammer and sickle symbol on the side of the tank Yes, it was real. No, it was made by the germans Why, to confuse allied spies confusing the maus as a captured russian tank

@donrobertson4940 5 лет назад

Much the same size as a family suv, then? 12 yards long and two lanes wide - Canyonaro!

@Bill23799 5 лет назад

Hahah I always wanted to own a Canyonero. Who wouldn't want a car the smelled like a steak and seats 35 ? CANYONERO!!!!!!!

@riojasvictor 5 лет назад

60 tons of American pride.

@riojasvictor 5 лет назад

It's a squirrel smashing, deer smacking driving machine. CANYANEROOOOWHOA! CANYANERO

@zorngottes1778 5 лет назад

This wasnt a tank. It was a moving fortress, something like an Atlantikwall bunker on tracks.

@_Matsimus_ 5 лет назад

Everyone hates the maus for being “too big, slow and impractical”. I mean it’s a tank lol.... going outside the boundaries of normality! I think it’s a good try lol

@sarjim4381 5 лет назад

Just to show how nutty this project really was, the thickest part of the turret armor, the turret face, on the US "Baltimore" class heavy cruisers was 8" (203mm) and the thickest part of the belt armour was 6" (152mm). The Germans were essentially constructing a vehicle with as much (or more) armor as a heavy cruiser while trying to use it on land. Why this was ever considered workable by Porsche, otherwise a brilliant designer. is still a mystery.

@GG-bw3uz 5 лет назад

On the 1st of May 1943 a wooden mockup was shown to Hitler. He liked it. LOL

@avaolivia6839 5 лет назад

🤣

@SNP-1999 5 лет назад

Now THAT is what I call a tank ! No bloody use to anyone, but impressive, damned impressive ! 😯

@chrisnelmes7180 5 лет назад

I'm just amazed they could actually move under their own power.

@828enigma6 5 лет назад

As described, totally impractical. In addition to it's weight, it would have been vulnerable to Allied aircraft. I don't know of a 500 pound bomb would have destroyed it, but I reasonably believe the crew would have been killed from the concussion of a direct or very close hit.

@locasenior8229 5 лет назад

Yes thats the only problem with german heavy tanks tiger 2 had that problem the soviet t34 just wouldnt do any damage to tiger 2 front armor and shells would just bounce off. Great for germany but bad for people in them reportedly crew of the tanks would have been missing teeth some suffered severe concusion or even worse internal bleeding. With maus if 500 pound bomb hit it would probably destroy it but if it had missed crew inside would have been like spagheti and not to mention germany didnt have enough people to operate tanks at the end of the war

@Frank-dr3ki 5 лет назад

RIP Maus 1.91

@StaxRail 5 лет назад

Oh yes-the maus!

@JeanLucCaptain 5 лет назад

can't wait to see the Tog!

@USS_Grey_Ghost 5 лет назад

Maus means mouse in German

@pbonney 5 лет назад

Of maus and men.

@hacked6613 5 лет назад

USS Gray Ghost no shit sherlock

@nihilistcentraluk442 5 лет назад

The brexiteers tank.

@farmerman7947 5 лет назад

Video on the man who killed a KI 44 fighter with a M1911?

@zamn__ 5 лет назад

"Destroyed"

@homiespaghetti1522 5 лет назад

@@zamn__ technically "killed" Because he killed the pilot

@simboulisxbox7939 5 лет назад

Leevi Ikonen the man killed the pilot of the ki 44

@WarReport. 5 лет назад

There is a documentary of German soldiers home videos and in it they show a soviet fighter and dead pilot shoy down by a single rifleman and his Kar 98

@sudaev 5 лет назад

I've read up on that incident, and am certain that it didn't happen.

@historygirl6732 5 лет назад

Fun Fact: The Kubinka Tank Museum was built around the Maus. Because, well, the Soviets couldn't move it anywhere... it was just too big.

@ibreathenapalm1112 5 лет назад

You forgot to mention that the tank was air tight and sealed so instead of crossing bridges (which was impossible due to its weight) it sank and basically became a submarine with tracks with a hose sticking out the front engine that would (in theory) be placed on the surface for oxygen and engine combustion. Also, the red hammer and sickle was used to confuse the Soviets thinking it was a Soviet designed tank.

@fernandomarques5166 5 лет назад

Correction: the hammer and sickle was to confuse the western allies into thinking it was a captured soviet vehicle.

@MihaelTurina 5 лет назад

And it was actually meant to be powered by another Maus through a cable when going underwater.

@EnDSchultz1 5 лет назад

Seems a terrible idea if true. 180 tonnes trying to cross a muddy, silty riverbed? It would get mired and end up a submerged coffin for the crew.

@Purpmaster 5 лет назад

Awesome video as always. I’m so happy that one of these beautiful machines still exists, hope to get the chance to see it in person some day.

@cavalry624 5 лет назад

Great channel. When this channel goes big (and it will) please keep your content similar to this. This is like great short history documentaries but 3X better than what any of the major cable networks can put out. Longer videos would be happily accepted but keep the style the same. Again, great work!

@castairl9815 5 лет назад

Pls save MAUS in war thunder😢

@McRocket 5 лет назад

Thank you for this. Silly but amazing tank. I LOVE that they called it 'Mouse'.

@asd36f 4 года назад

The coaxial 75mm gun looks like a machine gun when compared with the 128mm main gun!

@RYNOCIRATOR_V5 5 лет назад

no one ever talks about the Panzerkampfwagen E-100, it's lighter than the Maus by 38 tonnes, but carries the same armaments, superior curved and angled armour, a lower profile and double the theoretical top speed. The original design had an even larger caliber gun than the Maus.

@compositesquare 5 лет назад

Great video about the Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus! Thank you!

@AtheistOrphan 5 лет назад

1.00 - ‘One step beyond that seemed an act of madness’. Nutty Boi!

@CarmineKar98K 5 лет назад

I'm glad to see that even during the end of the war they still had a sense of humor.

@liamroggenkamp 5 лет назад

Now, a video on the T28/T95 is needed :)

@bestamerica 5 лет назад

Liam Roggenkamp Now, a video on the T28/T95 is needed :) ' hi L R... youtube video already have american super duty tank T-28

@totallyaploy1824 5 лет назад

two more thicc bois

@veebuk8522 5 лет назад

Love the into music

@duckman5642 5 лет назад

Me 2

@veebuk8522 5 лет назад

@TakeoutLime47 i have no idea

@user-YuHaoHuang 5 лет назад

it's like an imperial titan incredibly expensive and impractical though in warhammer everything is crazy enough

@sneakpeek2179 5 лет назад

Ten big thumbs up for your work, Mark!

@hakon_brennus_wolff106 5 лет назад

I was always under the impression that the Maus that received a working turret broke down on the way to defending Berlin.

@SocialistDistancing 5 лет назад

I hadn't realized that there was one still in existence. Something that I'd like to see first hand. More interestingly, I'd like to see the inside layout and power plant.

@Atomicarz 5 лет назад

What happened if... Maus have 20 prototype Gustav have 10 prototype Ratte have 15 prototype And all of them are seeing in the battlefield

@benlaskowski357 4 года назад

It's late 1943, and Hitler's armies are on the retreat, and Schickelgruber is still thinking about offense. They build TWO of these things. Wow: the war's won.

@philipmathenia5732 5 лет назад

Thank you Mark for another great video.

@Gingerbreadley 5 лет назад

Honestly the Maus is the embodiment of everything wrong with the German military building plan. Far too big, complex, slow, impractical and full of problems internally, in construction and tactically. Seriously it’s like who ever said to go with this had never heard of an air plane. It’s basically the Bismarck of the land but even worse

@AlteryxGaming 5 лет назад

German doctine: Swift flanking attacks to encircle and destroy the enemy in his entirety. Germans tanks: GIVE US ALL DA FRONT ARMOR AND A BIG -DICK- GUN TO BRAWL THE ENEMY HEAD-ON!

@TheIzroda 5 лет назад

It's just a prototype. When you're fighting everyone you need a serious technological advantage. Thus they experimented with almost everything. It's expected that many if not most of these experiments and prototypes would be failures, like the Natter for example. Was the Maus a success? Absolutely not! Would they have won the war with the 10, 50 or even 100 Pz IV or Panthers they could have built instead of it? Absolutely not! Also the Bismark and Tirpitz were quite sensible warships for the war in the Atlantic. They were by no means far too big slow or impractical and were more or less on equal footing with the biggest warships of the Royal Navy or even smaller than some. If they had built something of the size of the Yamato, then I'd say that's going too far.

@1179125 5 лет назад

well the HMS Hood wreck says otherwise.

@daffaarsya8165 5 лет назад

Bismarck was actually very good battleship for it's time, but they underestimated the Royal Navy and just sent her alone in the Chanel. For maus tho, it's absolutely piece of crap. It's oversized, can't move into a bridge, slow, overpriced, big target, and many more

@khomypigeon 5 лет назад

No, no, no, it's not the Bismarck of the land. That title goes to the hecking Ratte.

@levinb1 4 года назад

“... that it appeared an act of madness.” ... Doesn’t that sum up much of WWII in a statement?

@MikeBison_ 5 лет назад

I hope you cover the E Series of tanks someday, or at the least the E-100, given it (would have) shared the Maus’ turret, and an upgraded Maus ‘II’ turret.

@sarjim4381 5 лет назад

LOL. I'm glad to see the video is back. I was watching the first one when it disappeared halfway through. The Maus was a good example of German desperation as the war drew to a close, looking for the superweapon, from the V1 and V2 to the Maus, hoping one thing could break the back of the allies. It showed a complete misapprehension of the strength of the enemy they were fighting.

@alexsv1938 5 лет назад

The Maus was not seen as that, during 1943 Germany was still somewhat on offense and they needed a mobile bunker to break the soviet lines which the Maus was made to do. But, as the situation was getting worse and they started to be on offense, all super heavy tanks were either cancelled or were on low priority (ex E-100). The Maus entered in a small production run before the cancellation with 3 hulls and turrets built but the factory was bombed and no further work continued.

@reginaldmcnab3265 5 лет назад

Sar Jim it shows how so many countries had to join together to defeat one country! Germany, and it also show that not one of any of those countries could have defeated Germany on their own! Like General Patton said “we won the war by the skin of our teeth” Russia alone couldn’t defeat Germany, the British alone couldn’t defeat Germany nor could the US! Luckily Germany had the A-bomb too late in the war to turn the tide! The allies won the war by the narrowest Of margin in terms of time.

@BrettonFerguson 5 лет назад

It's a prototype for testing. Look up some of the crap the US built. But I'm sure you would have done a better job if you were in charge. Take a bankrupt country the size of Texas, with no tanks, airplanes, or navy, only 100k foot soldiers, and within 6 years fight the entire planet. I'm sure you would have done a spectacular job.

@danbrown5736 5 лет назад

@@BrettonFerguson france, half the Italians in 1943, low countries is not that hard

@mxplk 5 лет назад

@@reginaldmcnab3265 Wow, you are insane, Reggie. Time for you to get back to the Institute for your electroshock therapy. 🤣

@Mornomgir 5 лет назад

I like how you say tiger 2 before king tiger and that almost no "errors" occur in your videos. I also like reading the comments on your channel as peoples alternate takes on reality is most amusing. Its also fun that the Kubinka tank museeum was built around the actual tank.

@evanodea680 5 лет назад

Omg ive seen this tanl and it was suchh an experience a picture just can NOT prepare you to how big it is like SERIOUSLY

@matthines41 5 лет назад

Mark you always seem to nail down the facts and the historical information to the point your research is phenomenal and I love your videos keep up the good work awesome job

@dawiddohnal1297 4 года назад

America:We have the strongest Tanks Germany:Are sure about that?

@calripson 5 лет назад

Kubinka is an amazing museum to visit for military history buffs. Worth a trip to Moscow.

@walkergargagliano142 5 лет назад

Vulnerable to air attack I imagine- what a huge target

@uio890138 5 лет назад

It had room for a catapult-launched fighter plane on top.

@AR_119 5 лет назад

I really wish they had followed through with the plan to get the last Maus running again and fully restored. I would have loved to see this monster put through its paces.

@redenginner 5 лет назад

But no the kublinka tank museum would rather restore only Russian armor to working order, and let the machines of their old foes rot as gutted war prizes.

@ryanbishop3967 5 лет назад

I've read alot about the maus but nothing can beat your narrating ability beside indy neidell

@userjlj 5 лет назад

so the maus did saw action during WW2? the model at kubinka had some holes in its armor, that would indicate it got shot at..

@chadjustice8560 5 лет назад

After the war during testing

@b.blokzijl1189 5 лет назад

For all you guys who are willing to take a look at the only mouse remaining, in the Kubinka tank museum: you can enter the steal beast through a hole at the bottom of the front of the tank. The view of the guards is blocked by an immense vehicle that stands next to the mouse :p

@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 5 лет назад

It was a "breakthrough tank", which is a description of any attempt to cross a bridge.

@MrXdmp 5 лет назад

Could you please make a video regarding Imperial Japan's indigenous heavy tank designs which were supposed to be an answer to the M4 Sherman tank had Operation Downfall been implemented? Thanks.

@HingerlAlois 5 лет назад

Well this was a rather modest size tank. There were also plans for a Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte (planned weight 1.000 tons) which would have been armed with two 280mm main guns, a 128mm secondary gun (the main gun of the Maus), 8 20mm AA guns and two machine guns. Hitler approved the rat but the project got canceled by Albert Speer.

@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 5 лет назад

The Tiger II would have been devastating and nearly unstoppable if, by some preposterous twist of fate for Germany, had been mass-produced with a 1000(+) h.p. engine and a more reliable transmission.

@dotty1549 5 лет назад

Im glad there is one left to look at. Normaly short sighted people get rid of stuff and history only has plans and pictures to study!

@Jermster_91 5 лет назад

I have encountered this tank so many times in War Thunder.

@Jermster_91 5 лет назад

@Craig Wooldridge I get WW2 era vehicles fighting each other. It's a Win - Win.

@jellyfrosh9102 5 лет назад

@@SonOfFudge It's really fun to play but it gets it's ass kicked by anything post war or the many bullshit IS tanks like the 6 and 7.

@AllMightyKingBowser 5 лет назад

@gendalfff dude you are comparing ww2 era tanks with post ww2 era tank designs, there is no point of comparison.

@avaolivia6839 5 лет назад

This tank easly to kill with APDSFS ammo

@ballzdeep6974 5 лет назад

There was an e-100 hull but it got scraped if I remember correctly

@joeschlotthauer840 5 лет назад

I'd like to see it conquer the 11'8" bridge...

@johnmccall4528 5 лет назад

Could you imagine how things might have played out for Germany had they stuck with simple, reliable designs? Just design a Pz IV size tank but with sloped armor and a high-velocity 7.5cm gun and then build them by the thousands and thousands. yeah I know they did almost that exact thing with the Pz IV, that's why I'm using that as an example. While the allies made do with stopgaps like putting a new turret with a bigger gun on an existing chassis until they could design a better tank, Germany just couldn't be content to have a tank that was simply 'good enough.' Granted I don't think that this alone could have changed the outcome of the war (nor would any sane person want the outcome to be changed) but it's an interesting what-if.

@Adenzel 5 лет назад

And now being removed from War Thunder... sad times.

@gabrielsistonamoca6963 5 лет назад

75mm coax gun? lol its like making the Panther as the top gunner

@m_s7155 5 лет назад

How to Defeat Maus: Gold gentlemen.... Fire Gold Ammo at it.

@ww2sniper555 5 лет назад

HEAT-FS and APDS

@jrherita 5 лет назад

lol.. "despite rumors on the internet"

@nickthorp5790 5 лет назад

The first challenging terrain feature would have stopped it. Or close air support. Or artillery. Or mechanical failure. Or logistics train issues.

@shawngilliland243 5 лет назад

It must have been extremely challenging to move such a huge, heavy vehicle.

@banzaibomb4980 5 лет назад

I’d like to see the Mous rebuilt with the shell that remains just to see what it would look like

@PANZERFAUST90 5 лет назад

The Tiger II was not a King Tiger. Königstiger means bengal tiger.

@3155DOGMAN 5 лет назад

You are correct, very few people realize that.

@faithknight400 5 лет назад

german maus tank: who wants some fun! GDI mammoth tank :HEY!! that's my line

@marvintiger9631 5 лет назад

Only useful thing would be a turret-bunker-version of it. Maus-turret in fixed positions on key positions, so you FORCE the enemy to use much arty and air attacks to destroy it.

@seen203 5 лет назад

Too heavy to cross most bridges. The design used electromotor engines to the sprockets, powered by the engine. It was such that it could be connected, by wire, to another Maus that would suppy the motors with power while it crossed a river...like going along the bottom of it. Then, the crossed tank would supply power to the other Maus as it crossed.

@goodguy4life889 5 лет назад

Very very informative

@jankukura6744 5 лет назад

Mark,today i was thinking about writing a comment that you should make a vid on the Maus...and you did it,but the catch is that i didn't write the comment...hmm,i think this is the second time you have done a vid on what i wanted the exact day even without me commenting it...interesting,mystery maybe ? Keep it up,Mark !

@lingerslongest 5 лет назад

so we have to think of something so obscure that even Mark didn't think of covering it in a video … What about Shingle Street ?

@dalebelseth3058 5 лет назад

Incredible manufacturing all the parts. Then the assembly.

@kainscampton6050 5 лет назад

Please cover the M24 Chaffee! I'd love to hear what you talk about the speedy little thing

@TheBigExclusive 5 лет назад

Great video Mark. Do you know what happened to several spare hulls, and turrets we see in those pictures? Seems like it would have come in handy for any restoration of the tank. Did any factory machines used in making the Maus survive to today?

@messerschmittbolkow5606 5 лет назад

I am sure some of the drilling machines etc. suvived in russia or so. Its custom tank design man, there are no such templates and stuff like there is for an airplane.

@dannyv2335 5 лет назад

There were only 2. If I remember correctly, prototype hull #2 was fitted with prototype turret #1 and after the hull was damaged beyond repair, Prototype #1 hull was mated to prototype #1 turret.

@Loup-mx7yt 5 лет назад

TheBigExclusive the factory was bombed, so it is a possibility that the hulls were destroyed with it. For the factory, it has probably been rebuilt after the war.

@ChrisZukowski88 5 лет назад

Yes they were retrofit as molds for dildos aimed at the social justice market.

@TheBigExclusive 5 лет назад

@@messerschmittbolkow5606 @Danny V - at 2:19 there are three spare hulls sitting on the ground.

@gruesometwosome1149 5 лет назад

Russian troop: Oh my dang. He's a THICC boi he's THICC boi. Russian troop2: what are you loo- oh my

@skipper4126 5 лет назад

Panther tank. Problems with being too big and heavy for the engine and gear box, Turret had issues as well. Tiger Tank, too big and heavy for the engine and gear box, and now you have that magnificent underrated issue where German tanks we no long able to fit on train flatbeds for transport because they were too big, this meant you had to remove the tracks to fit them and then, how wide are train tunnels? King Tiger, bigger tank bigger problems. In short, the Germans failed to grasp that bigger wasn't better so long as their vehicles were under powered and unsuited to fighting in a wet, muddy Europe, which is where they were going to operate. Anyone can build bigger tanks, the problem is the bigger German tanks got, the less practical they became. A Churchill tank was slow, and didn't have great punching power but it's design made it very difficult to get bogged down and it had terrific frontal armour, with the exception of it's slow speed, it was a practical tank. IS tanks, big yep, heavy, yep, great firepower, fantastic armouring with a reliable diesel engine, these tanks didn't break down if they did, they were not a logistical night mare to repair.

@jankukura6744 5 лет назад

Any data on what guns were fired at it ? Cause there are holes shown on the one in Kubinka but from what guns ?

@jonpeterson1479 4 года назад

The Tiger I and the Panther helped a lot in the war. If the Maus had made, say 5000 copies of the final version. They would've made a huge breakthrough.

@lisar3006 5 лет назад

The waist of materials and man power by the Germans in WW-2 always amazed me. They needs numbers on the battle field and would have been better served to build a single tank like the panther or a lot of Mk IV panzer and Stug III's.

@cttc4132 5 лет назад

@@mjn5016 Spending resources making stupidly impractical tank-bunkers like the Maus is stupid, and a waste of resources. The resources consumed also include the engineers time, taking manufacturing space & time away from building practical items, etc. lisar3006 did NOT say that NOT manufacturing the Maus would have made Germany win the war. lisar3006's point is valid.

@ihateeveryjuan9943 5 лет назад

I love your videos! Please keep making em

@a2b3c 4 года назад

one of the most ridiculous things (beside the in-producibility and uselessness in the Field - especially it would need only one Fighterplane with a 250Kg Bomb to wreck this thing properly) is that the build that Turret that featured the same Shot-Trap as the Porsche-Turret of the Kingtiger - the Henschel-Turret was flat on the Front with 185mm thickness.. but these 220mm with the rounded Shape would have been a ridicuolus Shot-Trap below the Gun and the lower part of the Turret in general.. every Hit would ricochet off into the Engine or down into the Hull somewhere... How stupid can you be as an engineer to not see this?

@mikep3180 5 лет назад

Don't know if this is true or not but the metal that was used was from shipyards , hence the thickness, because only shipyard hydraulic presses were strong enough to bend the metal