Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus: The Heaviest Tank Ever Built

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[@megaprojects9649]

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[@pyeitme508]

Next need P1000 RATTE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/emm3p4VspbpjgJo

[@jeffk464]

@Dillon Brunschon time travel

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Germany went full circle when you realize that their heaviest tank from WW2 weights the same as their most modern MBT !

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Next project ; Nazi sub-pens in France (and some in Germany), true concrete behemoth.. only defeated by the heaviest bomb ever used in WW2 !

[@Erin-Thor]

@Megaprojects - Simon, I take my hat off to you Sir! Your self acceptance speaks volumes for your character. My brother has a comb-over of epic comedy proportions. The lengths he goes to to cover up his balding head borders the ridiculous. The hair on his left side is normally short, but on the right it’s 13” long, he combs it over, sprays it with some strong industrial strength hair spray and thinks no one notices. If he would take a queue from you and just hold his head up proud, smile, and carry on, the world would be a better place. Cheers, you ROCK!

[@blockstacker5614]

Porsche wasted so many materials on dead end projects it could almost be argued that he worked for the allies

[@macbrown99]

Yeah but it was cool and isn't that what it's all about?

[@oldenweery7510]

Actually, he was doing what Hitler wanted him to do. See my comment above. Stay safe.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

The Nazi wonder weapon projects were the gifts that kept on giving for the Allies.

[@Riceball01]

@@oldenweery7510 Except for the time that he produced a bunch of (his version) of the Tiger on his own before the trials were finished. That wasn't at Hitler's orders since he and the Heer hadn't finished the testing trials an determined the winner, which ultimately turned out to not be Porsche.

[@MrCTruck]

Lol

[@damirdraskovic2553]

My grandmother lived in 5 states without ever moving. Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Independent state of Croatia Socialist Yugoslavia Croatia Take that Porsche.

[@steeljawX]

Sometimes it takes an army to move a mountain. Sometimes you can stay at home and have the world move around you.😆

[@someidiotwithnoname]

Maybe even 6 states. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was a republic State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs for about 4,5 days then it became a kingdom.

[@campbellpaul]

That's amazing. Your grandmother should be in the Guinness Book of World Records ha

[@wellbi]

@@campbellpaul Nah, that was pretty much a normal occurrence for all Austro-Hungarian citizens living through the 20th century. My grandmother was born in 1900 in Prague, Austria-Hungary and lived through the end of the empire, 1st and 2nd Czechoslovak republic, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, all the various state forms of socialistic Czechoslovakia, then she witnessed the short-lived the Czechoslovak federative republic in the early nineties and she died as a citizen of Czech Republic in 1998.

[@campbellpaul]

@@wellbi I was kidding

[@4077Disc]

I thought the video was going to start like this: "Did you know that 2 out of every three.... Channels on KZbin are hosted by me, Simon Whistler. Here's my newest one...."

[@barrydysert2974]

😂😂😂😂 🖖

[@leandabee]

🤣🤣🤣

[@neoxenoz3262]

The maus is like maxing out the strength while leaving the rest as zero.

[@dcsa4273]

More like maxing out defense

[@matthewbartley2746]

Imagine that stupid mountain of shit lumbering at you.. only to get butt-sex'd by a 152mm HE shell from a Soviet KV2 hiding in the trees piss drunk on vodka and only hit it because it's the only thing on the battlefield bigger than the KV2 making it nearly impossible to miss even for a very poor. Very drunk. Russian farm kid who got slapped into a Tank last week because he knew how to drive a tractor.

[@rodesu9572]

Dexterity and Strength rolled 20s but the rest rolled 1s

[@ltmcolen]

I propose to rename this video: "Keeps' stock tanked when Bald man tries to sell their hair restore product."

[@lonewanderer5515]

Its like a blind person trying to sell you a tv on the basis if how good the picture quality is

[@ridgecrestwack9746]

I love simon but this has me laughing so hard 😂😂😂

[@hayashimo6260]

You know if Simon had hair, the show wouldn’t be the same his look is to iconic

[@anarchyantz1564]

I have seen him with hair, just picture his head upside down as you look at it.

[@steffenschiller3189]

I wholeheartedly agree: Simon with hair on his head would just be wrong. It would be like a full English breakfast with croissants, like a Porsche with bunny ears, like the magnificent White Cliffs of Dover with advertising for French wine, like German Beer with a tinny umbrella - sometimes things without somethings are just right. Hair just don't belong on this magnificent head!

[@LeMeowAu]

@Aquarian Dawn Ya but Simon's iconic look was made with baldness as one of the iconic features of Simon, it would not be the same

[@ReZpawner]

Now we need some photoshops. I want to see him with a proper 80's mullet.

[@LeMeowAu]

@Aquarian Dawn Okay

[@asadchatha4184]

Get ready for the Incoming War Thunder Players.

[@alexander1485]

World of Tank players will beat them

[@Sknnypj]

Interesting

[@joshuadumais6312]

Here (WT)

[@patricktho6546]

@@alexander1485 na, WT better than Wot. Way more realistic

[@pajeirussaurio1405]

O yeaa (but they removed it :( )

[@jsplicer9]

Another great topic to cover related to the Maus, the "largest" tank ever fielded, the French Char 2C. Designed late WW1 as a breakthrough tank, obsolete by WW2, but used as a propaganda machine.

[@bonearrowgamingcommunity3380]

Maus is still the Largest in terms of weight and overall size The 2c is longer by almost 20cm

[@kirknay]

@@bonearrowgamingcommunity3380 The Japanese superheavy though... That thing was much bigger.

[@jsplicer9]

@@kirknay the O-I?

[@kirknay]

@@jsplicer9 yep

[@Davey-Boyd]

@@bonearrowgamingcommunity3380 Maus was not fielded. Char 2C is the biggest ever tank that saw service. Both were a failure.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Nazi Tech: the subject that keeps on giving.

[@mikieswart]

right up there with cold war era, well, just about everything really

[@nando03012009]

Right. Its still mind boggling how far ahead in tech they were. I always wonder what the outcome of WW2 would have been if Germany had more resources and Japan didn't make the mistake of bringing the industrial power of the USA to ww2.

[@Constance_tinople]

@@nando03012009 they weren’t technologically superior their doctrine was different

[@somethinglikethat2176]

@@nando03012009 they weren't so much far ahead as they were willing to put things into service before ironing out the bugs. The US was far from neutral prior to Pearl Harbour but even without their help it's unlikely that the Nazi could capture Soviet oil fields and without that oil, they would be in a world of bother.

[@magisterrleth3129]

This barely counts as tech, they just slabbed 200 tons of steel on an engine and some tracks with a modified naval gun sticking out.

[@0094Gengar]

4:12 The Germans were at war with the Soviets in 1942. They broke the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in June 1941.

[@jimmylight4866]

Soviets were invading Germany in 1942. Germany had no choice but to throw the dice.

[@rudyvalle9022]

Hitler must have been the worst client ever when it comes to feature creep.

[@directreply350]

Haha good one

[@71kimg]

If you had nothing better to do - you would find yourself on the East front. Pretty sure the German engineers themselves would come up with all kind of suggestions

[@DEP717]

Agreed. The Me-210 fighter plane project comes to mind. They tried to make a plane that would do everything, and it delayed the project and caused massive problems. Meanwhile the U.S. and British concentrated on building a great twin engine plane with one job, and then adapting it later, and did well in both cases. The P-38 Lightning and De Havilland Mosquito.

[@Outside85]

I imagine he would be like a super-rich kid speccing up his super-car with all kinds of extremely expensive options for as long as he possibly could and maybe only using it twice before something else catches his attention or simply refusing to take possession of it.

[@UsoundsGermany]

@@DEP717 Me 410 finally was somewhat useful even at day missions... but the 110 was a nice night fighter .. basically the same line of plane development

[@Darthspike88]

I was in that museum. 100% recommended. Amazing collection of tanks.

[@dongatello6969]

It makes me wish they would build a Ratte

[@mikegike7273]

Where is it located?

[@simonworrall7950]

@@mikegike7273 Just outside Moscow. It has a truely amazing collection of vehicles.

[@TonySpike]

Simon - "The Panzer Tank" Me - "aah yes ....the legendary Tank Tank"

[@codingwithk5725]

Lmao 😆

[@commodorjack8633]

Well literally Panzer means armor, so the full name of Panzerkampfwagen translates to armored fighting vehicle.

[@herosstratos]

Ah, die Sendung mit der Maus.

[@BoserPSN]

AAAAAHAHA

[@rtlgrmpf]

Klingt komisch, ist aber so! ROFL

[@YnseSchaap]

🤣 I remember that

[@panzerkampfwagenviausfe5971]

What's scarier is that the parts for at least FIVE Maus's were found at the factory.

[@bobdickens3674]

Oh the humanity! Five bombing range targets

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

Enough steel for 35 more Panzer IVs.

[@trenttiedeman2630]

Find that interesting because there were only 2 hulls so you must be talking about drivetrains and other bits n bobs

[@joshuahudson5336]

Here is a megaproject. The USS Monitor. She may not have been huge, but the impact on naval warfare was massive. She ended wooden sailing warships and warships with rows of guns, had more than 40 patentable components, and the world's first rotating turret ever to be used in battle. She is the true ancestor to all modern warships.

[@shebbs1]

Not really true. She was not the first with a rotating turrent, and naval historians credit more evolutionary, not to mention more successful ships such al Gloire and Warrior with the incremental move from wood to iron. The monitor design of ship was a dead end.

[@joshuahudson5336]

@@shebbs1 I didn't say she had the first rotating turret built, I said she was the first to use one in battle. Though I could have added she was also the first ship to be built with a turret, HMS Trusty, the first ship to get a turret installed, was built without one originally. Also, Gloire and Warrior were not successful. They never saw combat, and they were built along traditional frigate construction. They mostly used sails and had rows of guns built into the hull. A British newspaper stated that the Monitor, with her thicker armor and more powerful and longer range guns, could easily defeat the Warrior. The Warriors sibling classic ironclad frigates, were useless once completed, as they were viewed by the Admiralty as seriously outdated when the Monitor was launched. They put an immediate priority on turret ships instead of classic sailing warships. The Monitor has more successors than any other metal warship. Edward Reed took the design of Monitor and turned it into the breastwork monitor, and then turned that into the Devastation class which became the immediate predecessor to battleships. No warship has ever had such an impact as to literally end a centuries old dynasty as soon as she arrived. But the Monitor did.

[@joshuahudson5336]

@@shebbs1 Also, Monitor was the first ship to give her name to an entire class of ships, used all the way up to the Vietnam War. Only one of ship has the same distinction, and she was not all that revolutionary. Nothing like the Monitor.

[@JonessJack]

When your secondary weapon is a 75mm

[@jessecarozza8134]

So Hitler couldn't build it, but then a girl's high school could. And use it gloriously... for a bit.

[@tmwarthunder1016]

I see you are a man of culture as well, my friend

[@jessecarozza8134]

@@tmwarthunder1016 That introductory scene of the Maus is what got me to overcome my animephobia and watch the show.

[@Sam_Aconitum]

a man of culture!

[@joshuaradick5679]

It’s like an 8 year old’s notebook doodle tank was brought to life.

[@draco84oz]

No, that's the P-1000 Ratte...

[@oldenweery7510]

Yeah, you're right!! Stay safe.

[@oldenweery7510]

Simon, I watched this with a big smile on my face from hearing you correctly pronouncing "Porsche" numerous times! I also like your little remarks about Der Fuehrer's interference with people who knew better than he. I'm you've probably seen the story of the development of the ME-262 jet, which might've prolonged the war and cost many Allied airmen's lives---if Hitler hadn't decided it should be redesigned as a fighter-bomber. It required a change from tricycle landing gear to "tail-dragger" to carry the added weight of bombs, which slowed the plane appreciably. So, instead of building many, many more of the fastest _fighter plane_ (the ME-163B Komet was faster, but extremely unreliable and impractical), time was wasted on a plane they didn't need. By the time they started concentrating on building the 262s as pure fighters again, it was too late for them to make a difference; Germany was running out of resources---and experienced pilots. (IIRC, WWII "Black Ops" officers realized that assassinating Hitler could actually _help_ the Germans, instead of hinder them.) Stay safe, everyone.

[@derriegel5705]

An english man who pronounces Porsche the way it is supposed to be :OOO I thought i would never see the day

[@boglenight1551]

You’re the one who’s wrong

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Being a Porsche owner, my friends often make fun of me saying that I drive a Panzer. Now I understand why...

[@Nightdare]

That's harsh Someone should tell them that you're driving a flattened beetle

[@nightruler666]

I tease my brother for driving a Messerschmitt and my sister for driving a zero

[@JimTLonW6]

There's an interesting analysis of the approaches to tank design and construction somewhere on KZbin. The Russians opted for construction of the entire tank in one factory, which was done to minimise the amount of transportation of work in progress between different factories; the Russians also, very canningly, worked out that there was no need to use high quality materials, because tanks only lasted a few months at most in service conditions. A final refinement was to avoid a lot of upgrades; Russian tanks were easy to service compared with German because they all used the same part whereas with German tanks you couldn't rely on any one part actually fitting the tank you were trying to repair! You might want to have a look at Russian tank production in this series (along with such expedients as moving most of the factories to the other side of the Urals).

[@maxpayne2574]

Repair kit for T31 a large hammer

[@bobdickens3674]

The Germans tried to make standardized parts with the E-series but ultimately did not make it in time for the war

[@joshportal2808]

Each one of those tanks cost the equivalence in both cost and materials of 50 Tiger 2 tanks. Or 1,500 STG 44 with Vampire packs and extra batteries pack.

[@obelic71]

@@danielpope3579 PZIV with the L75 was a very deadly tank

[@ryand2529]

Why the hell did the STG 44 need a battery?

[@obelic71]

@@ryand2529 to power the Volks emfanger to listen to the Nazi broadcast Radio 😉en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksempf%C3%A4nger

[@ryand2529]

Yeah but the STG44 is a RIFLE! Radios weren’t standard issue equipment on those.

[@obelic71]

@@ryand2529 a vampire pack was also not standard issue . Relax Josh is fooling around. An extra pack of condoms would be more logical

[@mando_dablord2646]

The virgin Maus: *Transmission breaks* *Engine overheats* *Runs out of fuel* *Parts can't be repaired* The chad Allies: *Aerial bombing* *Artillery strikes* *Anti-tank infantry* *Anti-tank vehicles*

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

The Maus had a Ward-Leonard DC generator motor system like a diesel electric locomotive or a heavy mining truck (which 3 times the size of Maus). One set for each track to let it steer. It didn’t have a reliability issues. The transmission issues on the Panther (not Tiger) relate to the two final drive reducer gearboxes that drove each track sprocket. These were simple straight cut pinion gears. MAN had wanted planetary gears (like Tiger and T34) but there wasn’t enough machine tools. Sherman used herringbone gears. The Maus also didn’t have mobility issues. It could go anywhere in Europe and cross most rivers on rail since 200 tons on rail was fine. If there wasn’t a rail bridge it could drive across underwater powered by a trailing electrical cable powered by a buddy Maus or use a barge or a pontoon bridge. Nothing wrong with the idea. Aircraft would have difficulty hitting it. Rockets just weren't accurate enough.

[@mando_dablord2646]

@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs Wehraboo spotted. Don't even have to say anything else. Super heavies are bad, there's no argument.

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

@@mando_dablord2646 That is not an argument. Super heavy breakthrough tanks weren't tried, that doesn't mean they wouldn't work. These, like Tiger tank, would be specialised vehicles to crack hard nuts. They would be supported by other smaller covering tanks trailing behind and to the side.

[@mando_dablord2646]

@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs No, super heavies are logistical nightmares. There were studies done by the allies saying that it just requires to much work for diminishing returns. Your entire argument seems to be just you pulling things out your ass trying to support "but muh Maus." You're asking for lighter tanks to move and support it, which they'd just get picked off themselves. Super heavies would only work defensively, which the Maus couldn't even do since they were abandoned even before a large scale battle reached them. They don't even come close to being able to work as breakthrough tanks. Which you aren't seeming to grasp at the logistical failure that is Super heavies. Didn't work for France, didn't work for Russia, Didn't work for the U.S, and didn't work for Britain. The weight alone on them adds way more stress to the entire tank then it can handle, just because it would theoretically work doesn't mean it actually will. By your logic the allies would have gotten the T28 & Pershing, Tortoise & Centurion, and T-44 going to counter it anyways. But again, logistics and mechanization problems got in the way. Which Germany's mechanization was already imploding on itself at that point. Just look at the JagTiger and Ferdinand to see what happens when large amounts of weight are put on a tank...

[@julian2626]

@@mando_dablord2646 The T28 never made it to Europe in the end due to the ship cranes not being to carry it, so yeah. The Pershing however was used, the Centurion also started to enter service in the last year

[@infiniteannus3389]

“The Heaviest Tank ever built” More like the heaviest paper weight ever built

[@sicksadworld997]

I'd like to have a paper weight shaped like a panzer 8

[@pkt1213]

"First time I saw a fighter jet, i shot it down" Chuck Yeager on shooting down an Me 262

[@connorbranscombe6819]

Chuck “Big Dick” Yeager

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

A P-51 could get up to about 450 mph coming out of a dive, within 100 mph or so of the Me-262s top speed. They did shoot down some Me-262s.

[@azargelin]

Topic idea: The great man made river in Libya which is one of the biggest irrigation systems in the world at the cost of 25 billion and 4000 km of concrete pipes. Its pumping water from the Sahara to the cost line. This is done for a country with a population of 6 million. And btw the bigger are large enough for a truck to fit in them

[@poodlescone9700]

It is a Porsche. So someone can roll this thing to a Porsche meet.

[@aperturemichelle]

Should have seen the bill without delivery! there's a reason why it has no wipers or rear windows. Id think of poping a cyanide tablet to i ordered 100 and choose extra accessories LoL! Bail on that bill to argentina so fast.

[@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632]

@@aperturemichelle I might be stupid, but I don’t see a driver’s optic anywhere on the maus. How is anyone gonna get there

[@GogiTavadze]

@@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632 compass? :D

[@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632]

@@GogiTavadze magic compass, maybe

[@alexc3504]

Hey Simon, just so you know, the L/55 in the gun's name refers to the barrel length, you would refer to it as a 55 caliber barrel, which means it's 55x128mm long, or 7040mm or 7.04 meters. Simply put, L/55 just means it's barrel is 55 bore diameters long.

[@theclandestinewitness]

I swear the flicker of sanity was going out in Simon's eyes as he was reading today's sponsor. Top shelf mate

[@jimothysparkcus]

Simon is definitely a good sport for agreeing to this sponsorship

[@phomo561]

This feels like a professional version of a typical Business Blaze video

[@JoshSweetvale]

Optimal

[@barrydysert2974]

@@JoshSweetvale 🖖

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Allegedly

[@indyjons321]

Maus: Still a better hybrid than a Prius.

[@informitas0117]

I think it's just cool to hate the prius as it's such a successful vehicle.

[@leandabee]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jonaseggen2230]

Japan, never change: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpKbi4aZjdCWaq8&ab_channel=adschannel

[@jonvelde5730]

Yeah, this is weird. Are we supposed to snicker at how shitty the amazingly practical, well loved and commercially successful Prius is? Not to mention revolutionary

[@Corristo89]

Small correction: The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger was designed to combat the massive Soviet KV-1 tanks, which were impervious to basically every gun the Germans posessed apart from the massive 88mm anti-aircraft gun. But their 37mm and 50mm tank rounds were simply pinging off the KV-1. The T-34, which wasn't a heavy tank, but a medium tank in almost all regards (armor, speed, firepower), which the Germans intended to counter with the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, which was also a medium tank, but which had a better gun and more features. The Maus had no natural enemies on the battlefield, barring warships which had suddenly grown tracks. It was a bunker on wheels, mounted with a massive gun which wouldn't have been out of place on a naval vessel.

[@viceralman8450]

The Tiger was ordered before Barbarossa as a breakthrough tank, the KV-1 wasn't massive by any means, Panther is a heavy tank because it weights 44.8 tons when a medium weight between 30 to 35 tons and the Maus was useless paper weight born out the delusions of Hitler.

[@nashthebaker9338]

Megaprojects video ideas: THe Bagger bucket wheel excavators, and Big Muskie.

[@hd1987hd]

Yes the Big Muskie would be a great video

[@thomassparks827]

Give it up, aint gonna happen ;)

[@michaelmurray7199]

“It’s just too big! It’s like someone put a tank on top of another tank!” -Saori Takebe, Girls und Panzer.

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

This reminds me of the Apocalypse tank from _Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2_

[@cccpredarmy]

The "elephant in the room" with heavy tanks is, that back then german engineers forgot to meassure one maincharacteristic - the soil hardness. There is a limit of how heavy of a machine you can build in order to get it to move over the soil. The soil, especially in Europe and Asia is wet and soft. Thus rendering any giant and heavy driving machines useless. In fact history up until today showed clearly that the one who has more military vehicles to perform maneuvers with clearly wins the battlefields. A machine like Landkreuzer Ratte is thus compeltely bananas. Driving it alone would have looked like driving a 4x4 into a swamp

[@n3rdy11]

cccpredarmy Nazi solution: Just build Autobahnen everywhere and hope the enemy only exists near those.

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

That's a rash claim. The Maus had a low ground pressure, low aspect ratio tracks and low peak ground pressure. In fact the overlapping and interleaved wheels of German tanks and half tracks allowed multiple contact points with large diameter wheels that gave them the lowest peak ground pressure versus any tanks Russian or Allied. Remember, the Germans are European and understand those soft soils.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

Something I like about Simon as I've watched him throughout the years: Cue Ad: "Hey! Do you like something? I do too! Except you might not like this, or it might not work for you. But if it does, great! And if not, well, it doesn't." Humor and honesty. Two of the quickest ways to win my respect.

[@andreaslermen2008]

Again: the Panther was the response to the T 34, the Tiger was planed a good time before.

[@HardSmartfuxu]

His videos are not quite good researched so I expect these mistakes to happen here and there, but it's still quite an interesting show so I watch these videos rather for entertainment than for information.

[@jamesricker3997]

The panther in development when design with altered to counter the T-34 They added extra, but lost Mobility, mechanical reliability and fuel efficiency Not really a good trade-off

[@darrenmclellan6712]

The drivetrain was Porsche "Mixte" system he developed at the beginning of the century. It used an dynamo and batteries to power vehicles. Might make good SideProject. Ferdinand Porsche would be a good Biography subject.

[@Rexcampion24]

Please Simon do a megaproject on the T28 Super Heavy Tank of the US. I think it deserves a proper title on your megaproject videos.

[@dongiovanni4331]

I would also recommend the design and production of the T-34 and M4 Sherman tanks. The Sherman fought on all fronts of WW2, and the T34 was the most produced tank of the war. Steve Zaloga is great at Sovier history if you need research direction.

[@dr.gregorysmith3120]

6:30 "Hitler knows best" under his breath "he doesn't" Love that!

[@JimTLonW6]

Hitler's repeated interventions were responsible for that project running late too!

[@deansch6089]

Q: Can you air-drop it? A: Yes. Once.

[@Nightdare]

After that it will be the very first land-Submarine

[@pirateadam3686]

DAMMIT SIMON! We're studying WWII at the moment and haven't got to the end yet. Thanks for spoiling it for me. Ruined the whole war... >pout

[@exarkun42]

Fun fact: VK 45.01 was the project designation for the Tiger I. The porsche vehicle he shows was his entry for a contest, which the Henschel prototype won and became the Tiger I. The designation translates as Volketten (fully tracked) weight estimate.model number. The Tiger was to weigh 45 tonnes, but the henschel model weighed 56.

[@killman369547]

The Germans also had plans to build a tank called the E-100. It was a surprisingly modern looking tank design meant to also carry the 128mm or 150mm guns meant for the maus.

[@1bottlejackdaniels]

4:23 ...Simon, have you ever heard of operation Barbarossa in june 1941?!

[@captbuggernuts]

Or Typhoon

[@homuraakemi493]

simon is a gifted narrator reading from a prepared script. he doesn't actually spend every waking moment of his life studying arcane bullshit in a giant vaulted library so he can post new videos every 30 minutes on one of his multiple channels. It's hard to believe, I know

[@user-qy8dc3nb4o]

@@homuraakemi493 jesus christ he only asked a question

[@davidhoward7400]

@@homuraakemi493 "arcane bullshit" Are you for real ? The largest military operation in history. Hitler's ultimate downfall. "Arcane bullshit". On a youtube about a German Tank, designed to be used in the same war.

[@notasoviet1016]

@@homuraakemi493 yea, not like operation Barbarossa had a huge impact on WW2 or anything.

[@Apankou]

Now I like to imagine that Simon is Keeps' megaproject.

[@Nick-rs5if]

😂

[@therammsteinboys]

Some fun facts: Hitler ordered: For the maus to weigh 205 tons combat ready Even the massive turret ring of the massive could barely take the gigantic 128mm gun, a new, wider turret was designed (maus 2 turm) Krupp had cut the steel for 20 tank hulls, and at least 6 turrets The maus's diesel electric engine meant that it could travel the same speed fowards as backwards The fuel tank attached to the rear of the maus tank wasnt as dangerous as you might think, shooting the fuel tank would not result in the destruction of the tank Also the tiger 1 tank came before the panther tank, the tiger entered combat in late 1942, the panther in 1943

[@ecrusch]

Simon, Your linguistic abilities are incredible. Rattling off all those facts and figures and such a fast clip is really impressive. I really enjoy your videos too. Thank you. Eric, Kissimmee Florida.

[@papermind4010]

This is the tank I woulda drawn if I was an 8 year old and someone told me to design a tank

[@markchip1]

Sees title of video - Yeah, I know all about the Maus tank - But as it's Simon narrating, "clicks on video"!!!

[@crazyeyez1502]

Ikr. Alot if these topics have been covered many times, but its Simon's personality that keeps me around.

[@gorrammit]

Fun fact: the electric transmission approach was used by the French during WW1 in their St Chamond heavy tank. As such the surviving tank now runs on batteries to make maintenance easier.

[@fredblonder7850]

They could convert it to solar power. ;-)

[@Mr3000-Ghost]

I just have to say Simon, long time follower of all your work, you have to be one of the best educational hosts On this platform. Keep up the great work!

[@vsGoliath96]

"The Landkreuzer P.1500 would have weighed over 1500 tons and had a crew of over 100." BAAAAAANEBLAAAAAAADE!

[@mjouwbuis]

The Japanese managed to reduce it to 1% of its weight and crew requirements and translated its name to landcruiser ;)

[@GrimZJako]

P1000 and P1500. There was no 1300 XD

[@vsGoliath96]

@@GrimZJako Shhhh I don't know what you're talking about...

[@GrimZJako]

@@vsGoliath96 You know very well. Xdddd

[@somethinglikethat2176]

@@mjouwbuis they must have managed to improve it's toughness by 10000% too.

[@mikieswart]

12:01 almighty blaze, you say? alright simon, time to fetch danny from the cellar again

[@chrisbell1793]

This is a great video about the huge 'mouse' tank! Thanks for providing it. However, to clarify on a point Simon made that in June 42 the German-Russian non-aggression pact was still in place, instead his forces were fighting deep in Russia since June, 22 1941, when Operation Barbarossa began.

[@chuckmesser2202]

On an episode of THE CHIEFTAIN, Nicholas Moran did an analysis of the Maus from a tanker's point of view. First, he needed a ladder just to get up on the thing. He looked over this monument to excess at one point noting that on the turret back was a mount for a flame thrower, "Because...why not?" He also noted the welded-on skirt armor and the massive weight meant that if the crew needed to repair a broken track or suspension, they'd have to dig a pit underneath to access the damage. Getting off the tank was very simple. He just sat and slid down the glacis plate.

[@11bravocrunchie22]

June of 1942, Germany was already in full retreat from Moscow, and the Battle of British was quite thoroughly over in favor of the British. Things were not all hunky dory for Hitler by June 1942.

[@psyclone500tv8]

And his ally Japan by June 1942 lost the all important battle of midway. Victory was pretty much in sight for the allies on all fronts by 1942.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

I see 1942 as the year the allies started to bring the war toward the axis wannabes. But ai believe that it was still anybodys war. It took the US over a year to develop tactics to actual enemy tactics instead of what "intelligence" thought the enemy tactica would be. It also took over a year to build the vast war machine that the alliea depended on. I would hate to see what would have happened had hitler kept his nonaggression pact woth the USSR or even strengthened it as those 26.6 million souls that gave their lives to mother russia in one form or another would have been the other way around I know the world would be a much different, much more evil place.

[@mashrien]

All the World of Tanks folks crawlin' outta the woodwork for this one "Woot! Maus!" or "Maus sucks! E-100 better!"

[@warmon6]

Doom turtle ftw! Oh wrong place? Let me just slowly relocate. Lol

[@mashrien]

@@warmon6 Waited a month for you to relocate to the other side of cap ;)

[@warmon6]

@@mashrien i cant help it, the cap is 10km wide and the other side is up a mountain. Doom turtle not a mountain goat! 😂

[@tonbopro]

nice details，filled in many unanswered questions from before，thank you

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

4 years now I've been binge watching Simon, he always makes me chuckle.

[@rjfaber1991]

2:11 Something tells me this isn't quite protocol... 😂😂

[@timmcpherson8343]

Interesting the fact that this video was posted today, "December 7, 1941...a day that will live in infamy !"

[@Mrtweet81]

*YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy

[@timmcpherson8343]

@@Mrtweet81 It was (13 hours or so ago) that it was posted. So: you're WAY TOO LATE IN YOUR COREECTION !

[@ReZpawner]

That's the greatest sponsor ever for Simon. This is fantastic.

[@lyleslaton3086]

Thanks for an interesting video. I build 1/35 scale models,even in that scale, the Maus is massive.

[@garrettbush2890]

The jagdtiger, which was the tank destroyer version of the King Tiger was the heaviest tank to see combat during World War II

[@theprfesssor]

Well it's technically not a tank with no turret, I believe it's still the heaviest armored fighting vehicle to ever see combat at 79 tons (heavier then the current Abrams) I thinks it's gun is the largest antitank cannon ever used in combat as well

[@Dave_thenerd]

Everyone in the comments needs to look up "Girls und Panzer."

[@jfobel2204]

It was said to be so heavy the Museum had to be built around it specifically because it was too difficult to move. It's been the running joke of the Kubinka museum for years.

[@SammehEatWorld]

They call me 007. 0 kills. 0 skills. 7 mechanical malfunctions per kilometer.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

"The Blitzkrieg" was really just a buzz word in the west for what was the last iteration of Prussian manoeuvre warfare.

[@AvB.83]

Clearly, everything about the Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was too small, except for maybe the length of its name. It had not enough guns, and they were too small, not enough ammunition, not enough range, the armor was too thin, etc. What the Reich clearly needed was a nuclear powered Landkreuzer the size of a city block and with firepower rivaling the Bismarck. With an escort of Japanese Gundam, it could have transported a cybernetically enhanced Hitler into the heart of the Kremlin, where he would have engaged in a fight to the death with Stalin, who was actually a robot with a body of some kind of mimetic polyalloy (yes, I did just look that up from the Terminator 2 wiki)... either that, or the soldiers in the Wehrmacht were not the only ones taking way too many drugs in those days.

[@phantomechelon3628]

Now you're thinking like a true megalomaniac dictator!

[@Jenny-qr2mj]

Bismarck was actually quite small compared to yamato nagato or Iowa

[@georgeembley7806]

Great video as always. A Bugatti Veyron/Chiron mega project would be interesting, the Veyron especially could easily be considered a mega project due to all the work VW and Bugatti had to do to overcome the issues raised from the insane performance numbers.

[@conarteest2939]

You should do a brief video covering the absolute absurdity that is the P.1000 and the P.1500. I think it would be a great follow up to this video about German megaprojects.

[@TheGillhicks]

Fun fact, I built the machine that makes the Headliners for the new Corvette.

[@jacquesaalders2224]

Ferdinant PORSCHE, ''best remembered for the peoples car''. ahum..

[@mjouwbuis]

Indeed. It should be for stealing the designs for both the beetle and the similar rear engined sportscars.

[@joeclaridy]

Simon: promotes hair loss product Also Simon: is completely bald Irony at its best.

[@TidesGate]

Don't think any Corvette will be coming out with 1200hp straight from the factory any time soon lmao.

[@swarley39]

Could you imagine a tank that heavy ever getting out of a river

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

I can imagine the treads sinking into the muck!!

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

Bro it'd get stuck on any ol' rock or debris in its path, itd be risky asf imo

[@1KKVV]

I don't know, should I call it a submarine?

[@crazyeyez1502]

Mega or Side projects? Or maybe Geograpgics? Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Maryland USA? Or how about the Appalachian Trail?

[@calebsnyderdicesare3026]

You should do the East Side Access project in Manhattan. It's a huge rail project that's expected to clock in at over 12 billion dollars, and link three of the most heavily used commuter railroads in north america into to one enormous network that will span from Trenton New Jersey, New Haven Connecticut, and Montauk Long Island.

[@styx4947]

I don't know if I already said this on this Simon channel, but I will say it again. Love how you plug the sponsors while not pretending it's anything else. Too many channels try to act like it's not a shameless plug and end up sounding ridiculous! I have to give some respect for candor, by the way

[@Minute_Sniper]

Actually the heaviest tank that actually saw combat in ww2 is the jadgtiger at 72 tones and equipped with a 128 mm cannon

[@ehtuanK]

Technically not a tank.

[@keraysun]

@@ehtuanK Super Heavy Tank T28 and Stridsvagn 103 (without turret)

[@h.db.9684]

No turret. No tank.

[@keithpedersen3653]

Big tank; mega project. Raising an entire city 6-10 feet while people live and work in the buildings; side project.

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

Tiger was a response to the KV, the Panther was the tank developed to counter the T-34

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

"Two out of every three men will experience some form of male pattern baldness by 35, for me it was more like 25" I can relate, I started balding at 22 and started shaving my hed at 24 because I couldn't effectively comb over my thinning hair line anymore.

[@jimBobuu]

So this tank was supposed to be carried by the Spruce Goose to deploy on the Habakkuk aircraft carrier?

[@jamesharding3459]

*TOG II has entered the chat*

[@crisr.8280]

Wooo. The great Maus! Let's go. I think you ment "when the Germans got stuck in flood of T-34". WoT player here. I prefer french HT line but maybe gonna get one sometime next year.

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

Simon and his team of researchers and production crew always have something interesting to say.

[@sadtrooper7595]

YAY MEGAPROJECTS IS BACK! WITH A WW2 VID MY FAVOITE TIME PERIOD!

[@MrCarpelan]

That's a weird thing to have as a favourite.

[@sadtrooper7595]

@@MrCarpelan nah bc there's alot to learn about ww2.

[@MultipliedByZero]

That "spoiler alert" was way too close to the proceeding information. Way to spoil the plot, Simon.

[@samgardiner5819]

Small detail, the tiger wasn't made to respond to the T-34. All that accomplished was swapping the panzer IV from infantry support to anti vehicle since they could throw a high velocity 75mm on it. The tiger was pushed to have a 88mm gun due to the kv-1

[@kl0wnkiller912]

This is another result of the 'Landkreuzer' concept that was popular in France and Germany in the early 1920s. Landkreuzer was essentially a battleship on treads and there was much discussion about it but the size was simply not feasible as there wasn't an engine capable of generating enough horsepower to move it. There were also many issues with the weight being so great that the treads would simply sink into the ground, rendering it stuck before even trying to move it. Hitler undoubtably had heard or been introduced to the concept at some point.

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Tanks for the memories 😂

[@willyolio9590]

largest tank ever made: named mouse calls themselves national socialist party: is facist Nazis were just really into irony

[@tp6335]

That's what Orwell meant with newspeak

[@JoshSweetvale]

German humour is all sarcasm all day.

[@zahampton]

By 1942, Barbarossa had already happened so the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact had gone out the window.