The Nazi Mouse - The Biggest Tank Ever Made

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  • Опубліковано 10 сер 2021
  • Bigger is better, or at least that's what Hitler thought when he had commissioned the world's largest tank ever to be built in an effort to crush the Allied forces. The Nazi Mouse, or Panzer VIII Maus, was a behemoth of a tank, and if Hitler had his way, it would have won him the war.
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  • @Unhuman143
    @Unhuman143 2 роки тому +1518

    Maus: Most heavy tank in history
    Goliath: One of the most smallest in history
    Ironic names isn't it?

  • @lovelessissimo
    @lovelessissimo 2 роки тому +1251

    I like how the Nazis had a sense of humor about naming the tank.

    • @rijalakmal9882
      @rijalakmal9882 2 роки тому +95

      Don't forget about Ratte p1000

    • @MK-th6mp
      @MK-th6mp 2 роки тому +20

      U should get at least 1000 likes

    • @liljj234
      @liljj234 2 роки тому +41

      Ratte and maus🤣

    • @hal9xxx321
      @hal9xxx321 2 роки тому +14

      It's a strategic advantage

    • @brain8690
      @brain8690 2 роки тому +32

      It was a tactical maneuver. The idea was to get the Americans to think that mouse=small light tank, and then not be prepared for a massive bunker on tracks. The Americans would have just called for air support anyways so :/

  • @michaelmatter2630
    @michaelmatter2630 2 роки тому +598

    *T-34 shots bounces off the armor of the maus*
    War Thunder logic:
    "I dont have such weakness."

    • @solewindxii
      @solewindxii 2 роки тому +52

      Ah yes, *Gaijin's RUSSIAN BIAS*

    • @landenmichelin4949
      @landenmichelin4949 2 роки тому +2

      Ok

    • @rali7583
      @rali7583 2 роки тому +6

      @@solewindxii nah, there is no russian bias, trust me. Yes, miracles happen, but thats in most of vehicles.

    • @_richie96_37
      @_richie96_37 2 роки тому +12

      @@rali7583 theres no bias, just battle rating unbalance

    • @Violence-Escalated
      @Violence-Escalated 2 роки тому

      ASU-57: Are you sure about that?

  • @DarknetDude
    @DarknetDude 2 роки тому +845

    It's always amusing to me when a weapon has an ironic name. It's like calling the nuclear missile 'The Peacemaker'.

    • @Sam-mr2zw
      @Sam-mr2zw 2 роки тому +45

      Well that is what they do...

    • @cannon7847
      @cannon7847 2 роки тому +61

      More like calling the bomb on Hiroshima "little boy"

    • @DeliveryTank
      @DeliveryTank 2 роки тому +8

      Well I mean, wouldn't a country wanna surrender after getting nuked

    • @DigsDugd
      @DigsDugd 2 роки тому +4

      there'll be peace afterward

    • @saladmcjones7798
      @saladmcjones7798 2 роки тому +12

      Not very ironic considering that is exactly what they do. Literally every country that has one keeps the peace by ensuring an aggressive war against them ends in MAD. For as destructive as the weapon is, it quite ironically is responsible for the absence of WW3 and quite possibly the continued peace that all of us have been enjoying for almost 80 years.

  • @georgeharrold5423
    @georgeharrold5423 2 роки тому +254

    It might have stoped enemy tank shells, but it still would've rang like the loudest bell the crews ever heard

    • @habiel1714
      @habiel1714 2 роки тому +22

      Taco bell sound

    • @suryamukherji4943
      @suryamukherji4943 2 роки тому +3

      Even if u became deaf u would still be alive.

    • @suryamukherji4943
      @suryamukherji4943 2 роки тому +1

      @@Hi-vo9ku there's a thing called 'sign language'.

    • @SugmaNatsu
      @SugmaNatsu 2 роки тому +1

      It'll probably be like standing under the world's largest bell while it's ringing

    • @Cykadelia
      @Cykadelia 2 роки тому +2

      @@suryamukherji4943
      Yea, because not being able to hear anything while in an active warzone is no big deal, right?

  • @Korearxhxujddidbvdss
    @Korearxhxujddidbvdss 2 роки тому +343

    Germans: We need more tanks! We are losing!
    Hanz: *Use ze mouse with bigger kannon.*

    • @luthoro3700
      @luthoro3700 2 роки тому +11

      They had more panzer tanks in 1942 than they did in 41, and again in 43 than in 42. The biggest problem was they didn't have the fuel to run them. They ran out of oil.

    • @Korearxhxujddidbvdss
      @Korearxhxujddidbvdss 2 роки тому +3

      @@luthoro3700 yes.

    • @Korearxhxujddidbvdss
      @Korearxhxujddidbvdss 2 роки тому +3

      And when they were fighting the Soviets, oil in the ranks would freeze.

    • @luthoro3700
      @luthoro3700 2 роки тому +2

      @@Korearxhxujddidbvdss That was why they invaded the soviet union in the first place. They needed the oil of the Caucasus mountains. But Hitler's generals disagreed with him on where to focus their efforts, some of them wanted to push toward Moscow believing they could defeat Russia the same way they did France, so they ended up dividing their forces on the eastern front and stretching themselves too thin.

    • @randied603
      @randied603 2 роки тому +1

      Aircraft: I have lost faith in their tank designs

  • @helmi_muza
    @helmi_muza 2 роки тому +514

    Being the biggest means you're also the biggest target.
    -*Bismarck* probably

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +19

      Sad Tirpitz noises

    • @user-yz5nk7uq8l
      @user-yz5nk7uq8l 2 роки тому +5

      Stroynoy flugzug: Hold mein sauerkraut

    • @user-yz5nk7uq8l
      @user-yz5nk7uq8l 2 роки тому +3

      Are they even have a brave to fight me, little girl??
      Schreiber
      Panzer Maus

    • @user-yz5nk7uq8l
      @user-yz5nk7uq8l 2 роки тому +2

      But being small doesn't mean youre a longer exist target xaxaxa 😂

    • @rudragupta2491
      @rudragupta2491 2 роки тому +2

      @@magnum6763 yeah they dint even use the tripitz just parked in Norway and used it as a huge AA battery to farm airplane kills and the Bri'sh used it as bombing practice

  • @dragonweyr44
    @dragonweyr44 2 роки тому +154

    The most vulnerable part of any tank is the treads. Take out the treads and it can't move
    It could still fire its weapons but unable to move, it is a sitting duck
    The same thing happened to the German battleship Bismark. the rudder was stuck at an angle and it could only tun in circles until it was sunk

    • @chatterycasque9594
      @chatterycasque9594 2 роки тому +12

      The tracks are also very thick, and they’re protected by the frontal and flanking hull armor, which is low enough that tanks can’t snipe it.

    • @dragonweyr44
      @dragonweyr44 2 роки тому +6

      @@chatterycasque9594 I wasn't talking about the tracks so much as the road wheels inside the tracks
      You get those even a little misaligned, it will throw the tracks

    • @Fhajadusisneb
      @Fhajadusisneb 2 роки тому +9

      Sir but the track on the maus in case you have never seen is 4 inches thick at its thinnest you would need a lot more than high explosive ego destroy it especially since the only way to fire upon it is from the front because the sides are protected by armour which puts you directly in front of the 280 mm SLOPED armor which gives an effective thickness of about 9 inches…. Also if you happened to even see a maus I would just drive away let it break down much better than fighting it correction I meant to say 14-16

    • @normalbird1139
      @normalbird1139 2 роки тому +5

      Imagine the field maintenance required.

    • @randomshitpost8477
      @randomshitpost8477 2 роки тому +7

      @@normalbird1139 depends on which part. If it's the tracks which are broken, gg then. You can't repair it

  • @pop5678eye
    @pop5678eye 2 роки тому +173

    'King Tiger' is technically a mistranslation. Yes, 'konig' and 'tiger' translate to 'king' and 'tiger' respectively but in German the combination that was used for the Tiger II tank 'Konigstiger' actually means Bengal tiger.

    • @DeliveryTank
      @DeliveryTank 2 роки тому +2

      And what does Bengal mean

    • @QarthCEO
      @QarthCEO 2 роки тому +19

      @@DeliveryTank A region in the Indian subcontinent which is today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

    • @fajrulnaufal
      @fajrulnaufal 2 роки тому +5

      @@DeliveryTank it's a tiger subspecies found in the region of bengal (indian sub-continent)

    • @swathisajja5615
      @swathisajja5615 2 роки тому +1

      @@fajrulnaufal Bengal tigers are a subspecies bengal is region

    • @fajrulnaufal
      @fajrulnaufal 2 роки тому +2

      @@swathisajja5615 thats what I said..

  • @shohin5105
    @shohin5105 2 роки тому +259

    the equipment they had at that time is really impressive.

    • @codeyblizz2118
      @codeyblizz2118 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah I'd agree with you if I was a caveman . . .

    • @KIIIIIIIIIIYOSHI-DONO
      @KIIIIIIIIIIYOSHI-DONO 2 роки тому +2

      Aliens 😳

    • @northlandgaming8460
      @northlandgaming8460 2 роки тому +2

      Literally a normal tank, but bigger so pretty cool but not impressive

    • @luthoro3700
      @luthoro3700 2 роки тому +19

      German military technology was superior in pretty much every way. They created the first jet engine, the first automatic rifles, the list goes on. Some of their wunderwaffe were a waste of money and resources but some of them really could've turned the tide had they been able to get them into production in decent numbers. In the end they lost because they ran out of resources, mainly oil.

    • @northlandgaming8460
      @northlandgaming8460 2 роки тому

      @@luthoro3700 I’m not disagreeing brother, I’m just saying this particular one isn’t really “impressive”

  • @charles5895
    @charles5895 2 роки тому +201

    In reality the Maus was way too expensive and costly to produce, and by the time the Maus had entered production Germany’s resources were very depleted. What’s more, the tank was way too slow and bulky, you could expect constant breakdowns and mechanical failures. The Maus also made an excellent practice target for allied planes.

    • @eliasl332
      @eliasl332 2 роки тому +10

      It was just a prototype, the final product would be great.

    • @Fortune466
      @Fortune466 2 роки тому +21

      @@eliasl332 great for Allied CAS

    • @ChrisZukowski88
      @ChrisZukowski88 2 роки тому +17

      The Germans were amazing at utilizing underpowered trasmissions in their tanks so the maus was gonna have even more problems than the panther given it's crazy extra weight.

    • @StrokeMahEgo
      @StrokeMahEgo 2 роки тому +7

      Which is why you mount a Flakvierling 38 on the roof.
      To take care of those pesky aircraft while the tank below takes care of the pesky everything else.

    • @titanlord9267
      @titanlord9267 2 роки тому +5

      The Germans had a nice amount of airpower, and at the height of Germany, during 1940 to early 1941, this tank would have done wonders

  • @randied603
    @randied603 2 роки тому +53

    "the Maus would never need to run from a fight though"
    Allied bombers: are you sure about that?

  • @newbiepee7273
    @newbiepee7273 2 роки тому +69

    reminds me of when i stripped a civic to bare bones and then had no defrost for winter. that 5 lbs sure helped it go faster into back of a parked car

  • @balsabozovic4510
    @balsabozovic4510 2 роки тому +43

    Just so you know, fight in begging is imagined, maus never saw combat and was never finished

    • @landlorddiamond5070
      @landlorddiamond5070 2 роки тому +2

      What?

    • @matthew3563
      @matthew3563 2 роки тому +10

      I believe u meant beginning instead of begging

    • @Skankhunt-ic2km
      @Skankhunt-ic2km 2 роки тому +6

      There were 2 Mauses one was bombed the other one wasn’t finished

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +5

      Yea, one didn’t have a real turret, but had a real hull but the second hull was utterly destroyed and he turret was fine

    • @strafniki1080
      @strafniki1080 2 роки тому +6

      this channel is lying sometimes

  • @harimemagic9767
    @harimemagic9767 2 роки тому +21

    The infographics: **shows T 34 85** (has a 85mm cannon)
    The infographics again: **76mm gun has a no chance against the Maus**

    • @mystyle_jm8997
      @mystyle_jm8997 2 роки тому +1

      What about the Side or Rear armor of the Maus?

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid 2 роки тому +2

      But would it really matter tho?

    • @slavplays9407
      @slavplays9407 2 роки тому

      @@mystyle_jm8997 side was 200mm
      Max apbc pen in 76mm is 102mm
      Max apcr pen in 85mm is 195mm

    • @user-rk5zy4mk2g
      @user-rk5zy4mk2g 2 роки тому

      They were so intimidated their cannons shrunk.

    • @DataDownLynk
      @DataDownLynk Рік тому

      @@slavplays9407 Side is 185mm rear 150

  • @TheAgProv
    @TheAgProv 2 роки тому +46

    Here's the challenge: find railway wagons big enough to carry Maus tanks to the front. Find bridges strong enough to allow them to cross major rivers. Create a logistics train capale of, for instance, assured supplies of fuel to keep them moving.

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому +3

      1 maus means less tanks means less fuel to make 1 move, and it pretty much could be shipped by specialized wagons very well and it also can cross all train bridges because most steam locomotives weighted around 100-300 tonnes and their freight was even heavier

    • @CoralDrake
      @CoralDrake 2 роки тому +1

      Have enough resources to make more than 2

    • @brandonhamilton1853
      @brandonhamilton1853 Рік тому

      The Nazis undoubtedly understood these logistical aspects, op. The Nazis also had plenty of resources to construct the Maus, commenter.
      The issue was total war in multiple theaters with two major opponents capable of outperforming the Nazis and several major powers in supportive roles (mostly) withstanding the onslaught.
      The Americans and Soviets were simply able to overcome the Nazis and the Axis because of their abilities to produce both more war weapons and soldiers-especially when augmented by allies controlling vast (and admittedly dying) colonies or empires-and lots of men and other resources) in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Europe was definitely FLEXIN' HARD after the invasion of France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. France fell-and the Blitz began 3 months later. Everyone was on notice.
      I'm glad Germany is sensible, center-left, constitutionally focused on human rights and human dignity, and prosperous in our time. Video is great btw!

  • @theobvu
    @theobvu 2 роки тому +56

    played this tank in WOT anf by the time u get to the middle the battle is over 😭

    • @salmon4o4
      @salmon4o4 2 роки тому +6

      Its much worse in warthunder lol

    • @lyric-992
      @lyric-992 2 роки тому +1

      And its getting nerfed in the next update

    • @theoriginalbanana3195
      @theoriginalbanana3195 2 роки тому

      @@lyric-992 how?

    • @drifterjack1937
      @drifterjack1937 2 роки тому

      @@theoriginalbanana3195 Br changes most likely

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +5

      For WT it was removed, but it just gets ATGMed and helicoptered

  • @noahezer9295
    @noahezer9295 2 роки тому +28

    Fun fact : The 75mm co-axial gun is the exact same gun used on the early model of the Panzer IV.

    • @nickellison2785
      @nickellison2785 Рік тому

      Early models used the L/24 howitzer, it’s not the same gun

  • @freetayk87
    @freetayk87 2 роки тому +59

    Ah yes, lets name it “MOUSE” because its gonna be big! Sounds like a great idea!

  • @BigBushWookie
    @BigBushWookie 2 роки тому +37

    Ok so the Soviet tanks you were using were T-34-85’s which had a 85mm cannon not a 76mm

    • @bluesky_cupy5158
      @bluesky_cupy5158 2 роки тому +4

      @@helicoptersauce 85mm for the T-34-85's were just enough to deal with pesky tigers and panthers

    • @geoplane3799
      @geoplane3799 2 роки тому +1

      @@bluesky_cupy5158 And sometimes, if the angle was right and the Germans were lucky, even that wouldn't penn them, let alone a Maus

    • @k-874
      @k-874 2 роки тому +1

      @@geoplane3799 Tanks won't, but bombers certainly will!

  • @weirdchamp7790
    @weirdchamp7790 2 роки тому +11

    everyone at WW: strategic battles
    Germans: Jiant tank goes boom!

    • @Hi-vo9ku
      @Hi-vo9ku 2 роки тому

      Maus was really a mouse in the strategic sense why would you ever go near such a beast didn't they just say that it's top speed in 20 kph I could run away from it barefoot

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 2 роки тому +5

    The 75mm coaxial weapon was not a cannon, but more of a grenade launcher. It was intended to be fast-firing compared to the main gun and lob 75mm HE and HEAT rounds.
    The one thing though I can't wrap my head around is the comparison to the Abrams or Soviet MBTs. They have a similar-sized cannon (100-130mm depending on the model) and their composite armor is thicker than the steel armor of the Maus, yet these tanks are significantly smaller! The German 128mm has a similar performance to modern 125mm cannons, but the breach is significantly larger, thus requiring a much bigger turret. Similarly, the engine is frigging huge compared to other engines who might even have twice as much horsepower.

  • @j4imeonblitz636
    @j4imeonblitz636 2 роки тому +59

    It's sad to see this tank getting nerfed in WOTB

    • @warturtlethetank1074
      @warturtlethetank1074 2 роки тому +3

      Fr but I got to say it
      I like the e100 better 😞

    • @j4imeonblitz636
      @j4imeonblitz636 2 роки тому +1

      @@warturtlethetank1074 same man , im grinding the E-100 line though

    • @person0-016
      @person0-016 2 роки тому +5

      And deleted in WT

    • @radioactiveboi842
      @radioactiveboi842 2 роки тому

      That's why I only grind until tier 8

    • @warturtlethetank1074
      @warturtlethetank1074 2 роки тому

      Ngl e75 is proly better tier for tier but e100 fun af
      What the dog doin 🐕

  • @kommanderc7208
    @kommanderc7208 2 роки тому +19

    think of the maus as the fat kid on the playground getting into a fight. sure, he can take some punches, and make a solid hit, but all of the other kids could just avoid him, or climb to the top of jungle gym and throw rocks at him. he can't run, and he has no friends to stop the people in the jungle gym.

  • @Audiogeek-kf2ez
    @Audiogeek-kf2ez 2 роки тому +9

    The ME -262. Although years ahead of it time was very easy to shot down. The airframe was simply not strong enough for the advancement in speed, one or two rounds from a 30 mm gum and the 262 would disintegrate. But oh my god, what a first jet aircraft, fast as lighting , very manuverable, deadly when showing on target. But it just was not strong enough from combat and used fuel was to fast.

    • @TinyBearTim
      @TinyBearTim 2 роки тому +1

      All planes fell apart after a couple shots

  • @mcphan6881
    @mcphan6881 2 роки тому +37

    I have some information that yall missed, the Maus wouldnt change the tide of the grand scheme of the war, cause if this beast went unsupported, it would be a big target for aircraft, large caliber artillery, and even infantry no matter how many tanks it could destroy, your description of "turning tide of the war" would be really wrong, the Germans already said that about the Tiger and Panther and those didnt change the tide, King Tiger's were lost due to break downs rather than enemy fire

    • @axonaty9224
      @axonaty9224 2 роки тому +2

      Also high caliber tank piercing rounds

    • @Hi-vo9ku
      @Hi-vo9ku 2 роки тому +4

      Maus was really a mouse in the strategic sense why would you ever go near such a beast didn't they just say that it's top speed in 20 kph I could run away from it barefoot

    • @ChefPoirotProductions1
      @ChefPoirotProductions1 2 роки тому +1

      This is why The Infographics Show is faulty, I'm not sure where their sources come from but they sure ain't correct.

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому +2

      The most deadly thing to a German tank is Mechanical failure

  • @davidstone9154
    @davidstone9154 2 роки тому +6

    The mighty Abrams MBT has 3 fuel cells, and a total fuel capacity of 504.4 gallons of fuel. In addition the Abrams MBT will run on anything that is flammable, anything from Bacardi 151 to the JP-8 that we use to power said heavily armored vehicle.

  • @carcrusherscontent9534
    @carcrusherscontent9534 2 роки тому +22

    Let’s be honest here this tank is as big as a HOUSE!! 🤯🤯

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +3

      Fun Fact: The Kubinka building that holds the Maus was BUILT AROUND THE MAUS

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому

      @@magnum6763 they currently have revamped the place and moved maus if im right

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому

      @@startingbark0356 its to big to move and they aint riskin it. 188 tons would be hard to flip over.

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому

      @@magnum6763 they still moved it

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому

      @@magnum6763 boats weight more then double the weight and they can flip them over and put them on land

  • @Lutrian
    @Lutrian 2 роки тому +5

    The way to fight these, is to lay traps to drop them into pits, or mire them in swamps. They're probably best used as defense behind the front lines, not in an area where the enemy has control of the terrain.

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому +1

      I don’t think you realize the amount of preparation you would need for this it’s not a medium tank your burying a significant amount of ground and it would take preparation just making deep long holes is inconvenient for both sides

  • @HamiltonAnimations
    @HamiltonAnimations 2 роки тому +11

    Been following you guys for a while now, thank you so much for your content. It’s something I watch to pass the time while eating. Thank you and can’t wait for more.

  • @dsauce1257
    @dsauce1257 2 роки тому +2

    1200 horsepower sounds shockingly low for something that big and heavy

  • @b1battledroid462
    @b1battledroid462 2 роки тому +5

    There are many reasons why the Maus was a bad idea, firstly because Germany lacked or steel oil and experienced tank crews by the time the maus would have been ready to be effective.
    Furthermore, with the luftwaffe nearly extinct at this stage of the war, allies had constant air superiority which meant that the maus would have faced aircraft instead of tanks and infantry rendering it in effective as it was slow and a huge target.
    The 128mm gun was unnecessary as a long 88mm could do everything the 128mm could for cheaper with better accuracy and longer range.
    The jagdtiger should have been a clue that thick armor and big gun does not mean victory.
    Jagdpanther performed much better! Heck, the stug variants are credited for most tank kills during ww2 and were armed with 75mm guns or 105mm howitzers and short 75mm howitzers protected with a decent yet not overcompasating 80mm of frontal armor.

  • @donm5354
    @donm5354 2 роки тому +5

    TANKS for the memories, INFOGRAPHICS....

  • @jlzp7048
    @jlzp7048 2 роки тому +8

    Could you cover up a P-1000 Landkruzer Ratte the biggest tank that haven't been constructed and only in the blueprint

    • @TheSlyRat32
      @TheSlyRat32 2 роки тому

      The turret was constructed but they scrapped it

    • @bluesky_cupy5158
      @bluesky_cupy5158 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheSlyRat32 The turret already existed, but it had 3 guns because it belonged to a warship

  • @WatermelonDog202
    @WatermelonDog202 Рік тому +2

    I like how the thumbnail shows it the size of a bucket wheel excavator

  • @ValkyrieXVR
    @ValkyrieXVR 9 місяців тому +1

    The mighty Maus: almost indestructible
    Meanwhile any allied plane with a bomb load:

  • @dsmitty017
    @dsmitty017 2 роки тому +12

    Great vid, could you do a vid on the E-100? Its like the Maus's brother with less armor and a bigger gun. That would be a interesting vid. Or a versus between the 2. Big brain time.

    • @nzwotb2525
      @nzwotb2525 2 роки тому +2

      The e100 only ever had the hull made

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +1

      It was originally designed to have a 150mm gun but was then decided to use the Maus turret then the war ended

    • @TandemSix
      @TandemSix 2 роки тому +1

      We can all agree that mounting a 150 mm howitzer on a tank is not practical, unless you play WoTb in which case you need that :))

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому

      @@TandemSix laughs in Sturmpanzers with 150mm howitzers

    • @TandemSix
      @TandemSix 2 роки тому

      @@magnum6763 I would say sturmtiger was more of a threat

  • @crazywarriorscatfan9061
    @crazywarriorscatfan9061 2 роки тому +6

    The Maus. Makes sense because one of the largest operational tanks made is called Mouse

  • @RamsonHoliday
    @RamsonHoliday 2 роки тому +1

    the t34/85 with a 76mm gun is unbelievable.

  • @Aml1200
    @Aml1200 Рік тому +1

    Kv-6 Behemoth: Heey your going down Maus

  • @caseymiller3829
    @caseymiller3829 2 роки тому +5

    I couldn't imagine what it must have been like..

  • @renzjosephremo4143
    @renzjosephremo4143 2 роки тому +6

    do not expect it to be effective it has weight problems engine problems and flanking problems it also has a high chance of breakdowns and too heavy to cross any bridges at all

    • @MrDragos360
      @MrDragos360 2 роки тому +1

      most tanks don't go alone so it's not easy to flank a group of 5-10 tanks with suport units

    • @eliasl332
      @eliasl332 2 роки тому +1

      the low speed and the inability to cross bridges isn’t that bad if you are fighting a defensive war.

    • @topanlazuardi9251
      @topanlazuardi9251 2 роки тому

      @@eliasl332 plus this tank mean to be deployed in eastern front where kursk, poland in fact is a flat land, unlike their western counterpart where Rhine river force axis to destroy every bridge to halt allied invasion

  • @alphateam3326
    @alphateam3326 7 місяців тому +2

    Sure the maus had a 128mm main gun, but they did not however have a sabot round

  • @elt39
    @elt39 2 роки тому +8

    Well, the Maus is the heaviest tank to be produced yes but it ain't the largest in size, that goes to the Char 2c actually

    • @warpey5632
      @warpey5632 2 роки тому

      The Char 2c weighted only 69 tons. Mostly because it's armour was no thicker than 45mm which was impenetrable for WW1 standards. It was also the only super heavy tank in the world to have reached operational statues.

    • @elt39
      @elt39 2 роки тому

      @@warpey5632 The Char 2C was in service as well and I clearly wrote that the heaviest tank indeed is the Maus but in size the Char 2C is a tad bigger

  • @SuperBlessedKing
    @SuperBlessedKing 2 роки тому +8

    This is a really great video with amazing animation. The infographics show always has incredible war story narrations.

    • @eliasl332
      @eliasl332 2 роки тому +1

      Sorry to disappoint but they used T34’s with 76mm cannons when in reality it was 85mm.

    • @bluesky_cupy5158
      @bluesky_cupy5158 2 роки тому +2

      And the Maus never fired a single shell against actual allied forces in a true attack, plus it wouldn't have changed the course of the war, considering how neither the tigers and panthers did

  • @Sandy-ig9pc
    @Sandy-ig9pc 2 роки тому +4

    hi sorry. but just being someone that really likes tank history. the t-34s in the beginning of the video were the t-34-85 variant, this variant had a 85mm gun instead of a 76mm gun. you can tell its the t-34-85 variant bc of the larger turret and longer gun. it wouldn't really mater though bc it still wouldn't pin the maus tank. again sorry for the correction. also there were other t-34 variant with a 76mm gun just those ones had a smaller turret with a different shap and a much shorter gun. again sorry for the correction. also sorry for any bad grammar or misspelling english isn't my first language. and great video

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +2

      Yea that hurt to, but that’s actually some pretty good english, especially since English is one of the hardest languages to learn

  • @generaljim3283
    @generaljim3283 2 роки тому +1

    Maus could turn the tide of the war
    Bombers:Hold my bombs

  • @RCXD879
    @RCXD879 2 роки тому +1

    Just a tank geek here. Multiple models of the t34 had 76mm cannons but the models you showed at the start were t34-85s which had 85mm guns. Just thought I'd state that

  • @HansGetZeFlammenwerfer-pf2lv
    @HansGetZeFlammenwerfer-pf2lv 2 роки тому +5

    E100 History ?
    It was faster then Maus, better gun, same secondary gun and better armour( it had the same but it was very Slopped)

    • @eliasl332
      @eliasl332 2 роки тому

      They created it on paper but I’m almost sure that they never made a prototype.

    • @HansGetZeFlammenwerfer-pf2lv
      @HansGetZeFlammenwerfer-pf2lv 2 роки тому

      @@eliasl332 Yea, i know, but they started making a prototype, but it never got in action.

    • @STHV_
      @STHV_ 2 роки тому

      The E-100 was only faster on paper, the chronic lack of horsepower due to its use of the Maybach HL230 engine (the same engine that powered the Tiger 1, 2 and Panther) would mean it would be almost impossible to get it up to its theoretical top speed. The gun of the E-100 was identical to that of the Maus, the 128mm kwk 44, the 150mm gun was dropped from both vehicles very early on as there was no real benefit over the 128mm other than a more powerful HE shell but it would have limited the amount of ammo the vehicles could carry and would have made them even heavier. And the armour of E-100 was inferior to the Maus on just about every plate, especially the sides in an effort to keep the weight down

    • @bluesky_cupy5158
      @bluesky_cupy5158 2 роки тому

      @@eliasl332 They were in the process of making the hull, but once the location was captured by allied forces the british pretty much just scrapped the hull

    • @sirvix9024
      @sirvix9024 2 роки тому

      @@bluesky_cupy5158 it was used for target practice

  • @Bluebird_Bum
    @Bluebird_Bum 2 роки тому +4

    This comment will probably be buried forever but I'd love an Infographics of the first ever time that a tank was used in war.

  • @Sandyfrmda9
    @Sandyfrmda9 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for expanding my knowledge even further on

    • @eliasl332
      @eliasl332 2 роки тому +1

      I agree it’s good knowledge but keep in mind that in almost every video they do some mistakes.

    • @Sandyfrmda9
      @Sandyfrmda9 2 роки тому

      @@eliasl332 yea I know to know one can know everything down the the exact second if you weren’t there the my tell frm story’s online heard over years and experience

  • @bluiedaniel2739
    @bluiedaniel2739 2 роки тому +2

    If this thing was in battle it would break tracks immediately

  • @tankdestroyerno.2684
    @tankdestroyerno.2684 2 роки тому +9

    Imagine how many more tanks could've been made using all that resources to make the Maus.

    • @warpey5632
      @warpey5632 2 роки тому +2

      A Maus weights as much as:
      8 Panzer III
      7 and a half Panzer IV
      3 and a half Tiger I
      2 and a half Tiger II

  • @kommanderc7208
    @kommanderc7208 2 роки тому +4

    yes, but the enemy could just go around the maus. they could also call in a dive bomber. the luftwaffe basically didn't exist at that point, and the maus had no means of air defense. it also would've had frequent breakdowns, as well as being almost impossible to transport to the battlefield, as it would need to be disassembled to fit on a train. it would crush bridges and destroy the roads it drove on. why build one maus when you can build 15 panthers for the same price.

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому +1

      It doesnt need to be dissembled to be on a train, the soviets even managed to ship it on a train as a complete vehicle

    • @startingbark0356
      @startingbark0356 2 роки тому

      Because 15 panthers cost way more resources then 1 maus

    • @sirrock9407
      @sirrock9407 2 роки тому

      Even germans made special vagon for maus in which it was transported to proven grounds in Kümesdorf

    • @CoralDrake
      @CoralDrake 2 роки тому

      @@startingbark0356 but even 1 panther Is more effective than a muas

  • @spitfireflyer2205
    @spitfireflyer2205 2 роки тому +2

    "their 76mm cannon" shows t34/85 that has a dt 5 85mm cannon

  • @daanbos5918
    @daanbos5918 2 роки тому +1

    This guy: mouse
    Everyone: Maus

  • @lightninghawk5981
    @lightninghawk5981 2 роки тому +6

    Still no match for the Bob Semple Tank

    • @drunks1nner298
      @drunks1nner298 2 роки тому +1

      Found the guy gaijin asks for "logic"

    • @kampfgruppepeiper501
      @kampfgruppepeiper501 2 роки тому

      Oh yeah I remember that meme that’s from what five years ago?

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому

      The superior Bri’ish *BREN* Heavy Machine Guns of the *Commonwealth*

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому

      Based

  • @inflamz
    @inflamz 2 роки тому +3

    Maus wouldn't be affective that much in the battlefield, since they still have weakspot, and slow maneuvarable turret

    • @sirvix9024
      @sirvix9024 2 роки тому

      Wheres the weakspot

    • @acbeck0680
      @acbeck0680 2 роки тому

      @@sirvix9024 The neck, if youre on a lucky angle, the engine room ( disabling it's movement ), I mean if youre counting infantry, then the hatches,if youre counting bombs, than, just nice big juicy bombs, uh the barrels, technically a rifle could shoot down it's barrel into a loaded ammuntion peice and that shell would explode

    • @sirvix9024
      @sirvix9024 2 роки тому

      @@acbeck0680 the neck ? Are u referring to the turret ring ? Cuz im pretty sure thats within the tank lol, most of these weak spots are weaknesses for really any tank in ww2

  • @lonesurvivalist3147
    @lonesurvivalist3147 2 роки тому +1

    Just to clarify, the maus is the heaviest tank ever built, not the largest. That trophy would go to the char 2c or the k wagon

  • @AriannaEuryaleMusic
    @AriannaEuryaleMusic 2 роки тому +2

    You guys rolling out videos every day...
    I would never be able to work for you; Im too lazy to keep up

  • @9562david
    @9562david 2 роки тому +4

    If the t34s were smart that would shoot the track and disabled them that way if not call for air support drop bombs on it

    • @TheSlyRat32
      @TheSlyRat32 2 роки тому

      That battle never happened you know that right

    • @sirvix9024
      @sirvix9024 2 роки тому

      The track was thick, no way its an easy pen

  • @lyric-992
    @lyric-992 2 роки тому +3

    Next do a vedio about the e100 tank that supposed tobe a replacement for the mouse.

    • @sirvix9024
      @sirvix9024 2 роки тому

      Wasnt supposed to replace it

  • @causal9873
    @causal9873 Рік тому +2

    The Maus would have done little to change the war. At 5 a month (at best), you'd get 60 per year. That's nothing. It might be "unkillable"; but it would he easy to out maneuver and it's thrist for fuel would have had it run out in the heat of battle.

  • @lamwong4644
    @lamwong4644 2 роки тому +1

    Even if it was mass produced, it was slow so many tanks could circle it

  • @proudamerican183
    @proudamerican183 2 роки тому +3

    What about the American T28 Super Heavy Tank? That thing is pretty big.
    12 inches of armor
    4 inch main gun
    36 feet 6 inches long
    14 feet 11 inches wide
    9 feet 4 inches tall

  • @Minclnhat
    @Minclnhat 2 роки тому +6

    Meanwhile, in somewhere: *”The USSR Cat”*

  • @ives3572
    @ives3572 2 роки тому +1

    "War's tragedy is that it uses man's best to do man's worst." - Harry Emerson Fosdick

  • @Professional_dumbass35
    @Professional_dumbass35 Рік тому +1

    *Maus, not mouse. It’s top speed was actually 20 mph, it actually held 710 gallons of fuel, the maus never saw combat, the soviets kummersdorf proving grounds in 1945, so the tanks never had a chance to see combat, 68 x 2 = 136, so no the maus wasn’t 2x the size of the king tiger and M1 abrams. Also, fix the guns for the soviets. They carried PPSH41’s with a round barrel

  • @wooeo9962
    @wooeo9962 2 роки тому +4

    Ah yes, hitlers largest mobile allied bomber target. Designed to challenge allied aerial bombing skills by having a moving artillary bunker for the bombers, fighter bombers and attackers to feast on it. Itll be like how the allies tried to sink the bismarck and the yamato only the destruction of the maus would take 10 minutes and there would only be 2 attackers

    • @kampfgruppepeiper501
      @kampfgruppepeiper501 2 роки тому

      Yes you are completely taken by the “light side” you drone

    • @user-vt2cr8qd1b
      @user-vt2cr8qd1b 2 роки тому

      I think they'd have to dive in very close in order to have the accuracy needed. Bombers in WWII used "dumb bombs" and they would often have trouble hitting large buildings. Hitting something smaller (ikr, smaller) like the Maus would be even harder unless they flew very close to the ground.

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +2

      Mass B-17 raids to the factories before its ever built would like to have a word

  • @andrewyerian214
    @andrewyerian214 2 роки тому +7

    You should do a video on serfdom. Black and Hispanic people who cry for reparations over something from centuries ago can learn a thing or two from the descendants of the serfs. The serfs' descendants aren't crying about what happened hundreds of years ago. Those who cry about the past are the ones who choose to live in the past and not the present, making them steal their own future from themselves.

  • @thomasattard9821
    @thomasattard9821 2 роки тому +1

    Warthunder fans know that the maus can't resist your heat shells or the Pe-8 bomb

  • @person0-016
    @person0-016 2 роки тому

    I was just thinking about what if this channel talked about this tank and then I see this in my notifs. I have several questions.

  • @GrandpaStories826
    @GrandpaStories826 2 роки тому +4

    The Infographics Show always finds a way to make people's day happier, he inspired me to create my own channel😇🙏❤️💖

  • @donm5354
    @donm5354 2 роки тому +2

    42 Another GOLD medal... I was typing comment in another video when the notification popped up. Great timing.

  • @abhinavmk6365
    @abhinavmk6365 7 місяців тому +1

    Ah yes, the T-34/76 but with an 85 turret.

  • @G5RkEN
    @G5RkEN 2 роки тому +1

    Panzer Ratte: hahahaha you are soo tiny
    Panzer Maus: :(
    (Panzer Ratte is big like an Building and has a battleship canon)

  • @brickman4098
    @brickman4098 2 роки тому +4

    Actually the maus tank never fired a single shot at enemy, and there was one at all.....

  • @djhh83
    @djhh83 2 роки тому +2

    Yesssss, maussssss WOT people get it

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому

      WT people after hearing Maus: pain and suffering

  • @stealthvr5028
    @stealthvr5028 2 роки тому

    Small Tank: FIRE!
    Maus: The frick u say to me u little.

  • @dokhogaminghaha
    @dokhogaminghaha 2 роки тому +1

    I got a question what animating app/program do you use?

  • @lostliam4901
    @lostliam4901 2 роки тому +2

    Is the title supposed to be a pun or not

    • @unknownsoldier007
      @unknownsoldier007 2 роки тому

      No, The Maus actually is the biggest/heaviest tank ever to be produced and it can be seen at the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia

    • @magnum6763
      @magnum6763 2 роки тому +2

      *Kubinka

    • @unknownsoldier007
      @unknownsoldier007 2 роки тому

      @@magnum6763 sry yes thx for the correction

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому

      No it’s purpose name decision

  • @wbzqaim
    @wbzqaim 2 роки тому +3

    Can’t we just take a moment and appreciate him for making these videos for all of us..

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому

      No there factually in correct in some fashion

  • @khalee95
    @khalee95 2 роки тому +1

    You haven't heard of the Russian T-34 rush. They will not be likely to just sit and shoot at the mighty maus.

  • @SergioNarvaezz
    @SergioNarvaezz 2 роки тому +1

    The thing is the maus was never used in combat and only 2 were made

  • @FLIXYPLAYSSTUF
    @FLIXYPLAYSSTUF 2 роки тому +1

    “Maus is the biggest tank ever made”
    P. 1000 Rattle : oh really?

    • @Gangkoyt
      @Gangkoyt 2 роки тому

      Yes really the ratte was never made so many people quick to say the ratte and never stop to read the Ever made part

  • @FedJimSmith
    @FedJimSmith 2 роки тому

    several advancements near the end of the war are fascinating

  • @matthewesguerra121
    @matthewesguerra121 2 роки тому +2

    Hans:hans 2 we need better transimission on tonks
    Hans 2:oh more armor?
    Hans:no hans more transimission
    Hans 2:bigger kannon?
    Hans:No transmission
    Hans 2:oh battleship kanon
    Hans:yes hans

  • @andrewwang8204
    @andrewwang8204 2 роки тому +1

    1:19 but that's a 85mm gun though. The 76mm T34 gun had a different turret.

  • @transmissiongone
    @transmissiongone 2 роки тому

    Thanks for having a review about me!

  • @justcallmemark3217
    @justcallmemark3217 2 роки тому +1

    Allies: The mouse? Hah! What could a mouse do against our shermans?
    Pz VIII Maus: Bounjour

    • @viceralman8450
      @viceralman8450 2 роки тому

      Maus a 500kg bomb bonjour.
      Maus blows up

  • @muhammadakhmalsabianag8870
    @muhammadakhmalsabianag8870 2 роки тому +1

    Maus : *exist
    Transmission : "My time has come"

  • @Brownyman
    @Brownyman 2 роки тому

    Infographics: Thickest armor on any vehicle in existence.
    Battleships: Am I a joke to you?

  • @dtrail3276
    @dtrail3276 Рік тому

    Maus: *exists* Ratte: "Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?"

  • @waterfall4535
    @waterfall4535 2 роки тому

    My roommate:We got a mouse!
    Me:lemme get the mouse trap
    My roommate :different kind of mouse

  • @jellybarbar....barbar....6074
    @jellybarbar....barbar....6074 2 роки тому

    Maus:I'm biggest
    T 42:your lucky I wasn't built

  • @junaidulislam6170
    @junaidulislam6170 2 роки тому +2

    First, I was feeling sad that it never left the prototype phase. Then I remembered it was Hitler's.

  • @kelleye5291
    @kelleye5291 2 роки тому

    germany also made the X-4 (the first air to air missile) it was dropped of a fighter and the pilot would drive it. it was steered by a 4 mile cable and the only way to track is by visual

  • @SovietEmperor7480
    @SovietEmperor7480 2 роки тому +2

    Shows t34 with 85mm ah yes 76mm. But still it wouldn't really matter if it was a 85 0r 76 it would still bounce

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 2 роки тому

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @SeahawkGaming-xp7bl
    @SeahawkGaming-xp7bl Рік тому +2

    Did they really planned to put an AA turret on top of this?