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PANZER VIII MAUS 1605 KL #2559

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Description

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: “Mouse”) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached, before the testing grounds were captured by advancing Soviet military forces.

These two prototypes underwent trials in late 1944. The complete vehicle was 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) high. Weighing 188 metric tons, the Maus’s main armament was the Krupp-designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun. The 128 mm gun was powerful enough to destroy all Allied armored fighting vehicles then in service, some at ranges exceeding 3,500 m (11,500 ft).[4]

The principal problem in the design of the Maus was developing an engine and drivetrain which was powerful enough to adequately propel the tank, yet small enough to fit inside it — as it was meant to use the same sort of “hybrid drive”, using an internal-combustion engine to operate an electric generator to power its tracks with electric motor units, much as its Porsche-designed predecessors, the VK 30.01 (P), VK 45.01 (P), and Elefant had. The drive train was electrical, designed to provide a maximum speed of 20 km/h (12 mph) and a minimum speed of 1.5 km/h (0.9 mph).[5] However, during actual field testing, the maximum speed achieved on hard surfaces was 13 km/h (8.1 mph) with full motor field, and by weakening the motor field to a minimum, a top speed of 22 km/h (14 mph) was achieved.[6] The vehicle’s weight made it unable to use most bridges, instead it was intended to ford to a depth of 2 m (6.6 ft) or submerge up to a depth of 8 m (26 ft) and use a snorkel to cross rivers.

The Maus was intended to punch holes through enemy fortifications in the manner of an immense “breakthrough tank”, while taking virtually no damage to any components

 

Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus

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Product Specifications

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Weight 95 oz
Dimensions 17.72 × 13.19 × 4.43 in

Product Reviews

1 review for PANZER VIII MAUS 1605 KL #2559

  1. Private First Class Augustus (verified owner)

    The set I got was missing a small but crucial bag of blocks. Received amazing assistance from customer support. Other than that hiccup, the Pz. VIII Maus truly is a monstrous set. If you are looking to get a big centerpiece for your Cobi/LEGO collection, I highly recommend this set! The brick quality is top notch, and comparable with LEGO’s bricks. I found it quite easy to swap certain parts for LEGO bits. The only thing that could have made it slightly better is if Cobi was still in possession of the World of Tanks copyright. (That way, you would have had some German decals and inscriptions to really sell that alternative World War II aesthetic… and the WoT Premium Time code.)

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