Junior Juggernaut | Panzerkampfwagen VI (7.5 cm) VK30.01(H)

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The history of the development of the first heavy German tanks is often overshadowed by the mighty Tiger I and II that entered production later. The problem is that these earlier projects are very poorly documented, and the fact they didn’t make it past the prototype stage doesn't help either, as very little photographic evidence of them exists. One of the earliest 30-tonne heavy tank projects was the VK30.01 (H). Despite the resources invested in its development and the production of components for eight vehicles, the project was eventually canceled in favor of the Tiger tank. Nonetheless, the VK30.01 (H) was a vital stepping stone in the German heavy tank development program.
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@LastGoatKnight

The KV-1 of Germany, literally. Same cannon as the mainline tank but with bigger hull and thicker armor

@evilfingers4302

I'm suprised the Germans didn't use the chassis of the VK30.01 as a StuG and who knows, it could've been successful like the StuG III.

@Anlushac11

VK also stood for Versuchskonstruktion which translates to experimental design.

@hendriktonisson2915

I wonder if German invasion of the Soviet Union had been more successful if Germany had equipped all the Panzer IVs with the longer 7.5 cm KwK 40 guns by the beginning of operation Barbarossa?

@dennisswaim8210

Not much better than a PZKW VI with the same gun and 50 mm of armor. Also the Mark VI was easily upgraded with thicker armor and longer 75 mm guns. Germany wisely dropped a design that wasn't needed and already obsolete.

@George_M_

The 3001H was the perfect balance of nothing: slow, poorly armored, a large target, and an archaic gun. Good for nothing but being a test bed.

@tekis0

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@richardcutts196

By any chance are you telling us about the VK30.01? You didn't make that clear in your nairation.

@RedXlV

Given that the Panzer IV was able to be upgraded with a long 7.5cm gun (first L/43 and then L/48), with the VK 30.01 (H) being 7 tons heavier and slightly wider, I can't imagine it would've been difficult at all to do the same. with it. Just that when it was cancelled, there was no reason to.

@pavelslama5543

Would it be a great early-war tank? Well, maybe, kinda. BUT it was much more expensive and much less mobile than Panzer IV, even though it provided nothing but an improved armor protection, and even that was at the expense of mobility. So it was just a tradeoff, not an improvement of any kind (even though, as my teacher of automotive engineering always said, "there are no improvements, only tradeoffs"). It seriously lacked either a bigger gun to deal with tanks, or a lot of machineguns to deal with more infantry. But like it was, it was just a slower Panzer IV that could take a few more hits.

@WildBillCox13

Disclaimer: not an expert.

@TheArklyte

There is an opinion online that what basically killed these early german heavy tanks was capture of french design bureaus which were working on projects like FCM F1 or ARL Tracteur C that made germans realize that what they understand under heavy tank may not translate so well to other languages.