The Maus Grind... Stock To Spaded Challenge - War Thunder Maus Gameplay

Actual Tank Commander tries the Maus in War Thunder. How much of a pain is it to grind the Maus from stock to ace? Let's find out! Also, how realistic would the Maus actually be?
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[@csii6478]

Usually you only have to start researching it during the anniversary event then you can unlock later even after the event is over. It just has to be started before the event ends.

[@amn0940]

Really? Well now all I need is to get to the tier in the tree for the next aniversary

[@csii6478]

@@amn0940 yes I think you have to have a rank 5 vehicle in German ground also unlocked as well during the event

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

Pin this lol

[@BusterGamez]

when is the event? @@csii6478

[@grimassassin9722]

That’s what I’ve heard as well. Thanks for confirming it

[@SoupLikeArchangel41]

68 rounds of main canon ammo, thats wild

[@CrispyMuffin2]

i dont think there's even enough time in one match to fire them all lol

[@wyk3548]

Yea why would you ever bring that much ammo 😂

[@sawr99]

bro took enough ammo for the entire team

[@ismizs]

68 round is crazy

[@MrGamer-rs4ov]

me when i see Panzer bring full ammo for the 128mm: *Critical Pain*

[@type-10]

1:28 wrong, you actually have about a week or two to start the research for the maus. Once you have even one (1) RP towards researching the maus, it will be permanently available for research.

[@M1A2Abrams.19-9O]

🤓

[@limer.6355]

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[@SoggyToast123]

Shut up this is actually helpful​@@M1A2Abrams.19-9O

[@4courtneylynn]

@@M1A2Abrams.19-9O🥸

[@bonnibelio_]

@@M1A2Abrams.19-9O it was helpful though

[@StnoX]

I like how you are honest with the game, since most youtubers only put good games, you actually put even the games when you lose wich is amazing since this game is getting me tweaked out

[@KAKU_64]

Yeap

[@treanttrooper6349]

Always remember, behind every gorgeous clip there is AT LEAST 5 failed attempts and one teamkill

[@saltzkruber732]

The Jagdtiger was "only" 72 tons and it wasn't much good. Most never got to the battlefield because of lack of fuel or mechanical problems. So one can only imagine what the Maus would be like

[@redstar96gr57]

And even if they got to the battlefield,1945 armor quality was down because of the lack of rare minerals for the armor alloys,so your armor was already weaker than advertised.

[@Thekilleroftanks]

well thats the thing many dont understand, the maus was just the test bench for a super heavy tank. the ACTUAL super heavy tank of the germans wouldve been the 100, a much lighter tank. still stupidly heavy, a planned 123 tons, but much better than the maus ever could be, also had the same amount of effective armour, while being faster, and could mount a 15cm naval gun, because fuck you thats why

[@user-fe7bo5mm1o]

yeah. the tiger 2 was 68 tons and it was already a mechanical nightmare

[@mareksoucek4514]

​@@user-fe7bo5mm1o later ones yes... The earlier, weren't. They had the same problems as any other tank without maintaining...

[@mareksoucek4514]

Fun fact, the most jagd Tigers were destroyed by friendly fire, because soldiers didn't know, they had something like that 😂

[@dodogamer2601]

30:17 Buttered scones

[@JerichoTheBeagle]

I haven't unlocked the subcaliber shell yet, but I find that carrying a mix of improved HEAT and smoke shells for the 75mm is helpful, especially since the 75mm reload rate is stupid fast. Someone breaks your main gun? Shoot a fart shell at him, you don't even have to be accurate, and use that surprisingly decent reverse gear :)

[@CarlAlex2]

The drivetrain is electric - no need for a gear box. Just reverse the polarity.

[@Grebogoborp]

I find that the 75 is usually my most deadly weapon as it is good against the very prevalent swarms of IFVs and light tanks that you don’t want to waste a main gun reload on

[@CarlAlex2]

@@Grebogoborp How do you aim it beyond point blank range? The sight is only scaled for the main gun and its not like the trajectory of the secondary is flat.

[@Grebogoborp]

@@CarlAlex2 I have keys bound to swap to secondary gun bound and also if that’s too rough I believe you can use custom sights

[@CarlAlex2]

@@Grebogoborp Does that change the range scale on the sight? For now I just use the old technique of observing the fall of the shot and correct accordinglly just like IRL. Sometimes I use the secondary for indirect fire at enemies behind cover. The only weapons I am familiar with that use ammpo with differnt ballisrics either have separate sights (rifle with grenade launcher) or different range scales for different ammo types (Carl Gustav RR).

[@PizzaBombz]

"I don't want to waste the big 128 on something that doesn't need it" (25:01) **Proceeds to waste a big 128 on a luck shot to shoot a helicopter 30 seconds later** (25:31)

[@amn0940]

For rangin with a secondary cannon like the Maus or the M3 Lee instead of having a key to "shoot secondary gun" you could have a "select secondary gun" to change what gun is shooting like using a top mounted MG as in that way the other gun will have a sight for itself. The only probles is that you will need an extra key to go back to the main gun

[@rudatkatzn9171]

The Maus Gun isn't really suited for that, it's ballistics are... Less than horrible

[@romanarevalo8777]

🤓

[@jamesloder8652]

​@rudatkatzn9171 *its

[@maeve8792]

When you said at the start of the video “a prototype” it wasn’t they did make 2 but only one got full built but the other one didn’t have a turret on it but they took so long to designer it, find parts and built it that the first one got finished at the end of the war

[@infernal_omenvr2382]

Playing Maus in warthunder is like playing the worlds slowest point and click adventure.

[@hesperant5380]

There is an option in WT to switch between primary and secondary guns. The range system changes in that option.

[@Gigachoungus]

The tank on the back was for a flame thrower that would been fitted to the other turret design. The one irl was 2 different models patched together as one

[@ivanpticar8007]

The way that they envisaged crossing rivers with these is actually somewhat bonkers. The tank uses a hybrid diesel electric power train to move. So the way they would do it is they would connect a snorkel (if available) to keep the engines from flodding and then connect another maus to the one crossing the river to feed it electrical power so it could mover under water. I think the model actually has these electrical connectors modeled on the back left of the vehicle's hull, the sockets at least)

[@tetronaut88]

Just so you know, the 105mm APDS from the Centurion Mk.10 and similar can go through the front of your buttered scone turret, in the middle of the curve so it’s flat on.

[@robertharris6092]

One of my favorite things about playing a tank with an L7 is the ability to shoot the maus turret cheeks.

[@sirhenry1714]

The most important thing to remember with the Maus is to try to drive only in straight lines, turning while driving slows you down significantly. I am not sure if this is actually true but it feels way faster to stop and turn on the spot than try the same turn on the move.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Even lighter (understatement though) Tiger already had trouble with bridges. During Cold War, I guess that any bridges that able to handle Soviet heavies would be packed with demo charges to slow them down. Forcing them to build pontoon bridge, or find alternates

[@Khotetsu]

Stale scones. "It has its moments" aptly describes my relationship with the game.

[@Strv103Moment]

It was kinda pain to see those 68 rounds and 50 heat, with the heat its kinda understandable but with q reload around 20s you dont really need more then 30 rounds for the main gun.Any excess ammo is just a bigger target for the enemy

[@Fives5275]

Buttered scones

[@teaman1140]

BUTTERED SCONES

[@officercat7453]

You can set a keybind to choose which gun you want to fire from and this will change the sight to account for the drop 75mm heat instead of the 128mm APHE

[@Jonathan-ki4iz]

Butter scones are delicious

[@Tanksalot556]

The barrel was supposed to be fuel for a flamethrower Hitler wanted to add to the Maus, due to development issues it was scrapped though

[@stefanwijnsma3202]

Panzer, tip for you here: when your main gun gets taken out start the repair and select secondary weapon. The sniper mode reticle will adjust to the drop of the secondary instead of the primary

[@-_-Anxiety-_-Thunder-_-]

There is a custom sight for the maus forgot what it’s called but it’s yellow and shows both the 128 and 75, it’s the buttered scones!

[@-_-Anxiety-_-Thunder-_-]

Also side note you can use the 75 heat to knock out t95s and t28s with ease. Hitting the drivers hatch will almost always take out the driver.

[@Lunareclipse3268]

As far as I'm aware, "Foch" is pronounced like "Fosh", rhyming with "Wash", not like "Foch" rhyming with "Buttered Scones"

[@ryonix390]

Coming from a French speaking individual, the "ch" is indeed pronounced as the "sh" in "wash" when speaking about the name of this tank

[@tyknight2428]

2 muas where built and one sent to each front but before they could deploy them the allies have pushed to far up and with how hard it was to transport destroyed the tanks and one front the turret was near intact and the other from the hull was near intact so that is how you can see 1 real muas today in a museum

[@shmn88]

they werent sent to each front...they werent even out of development...end of 44 they brought them to the testside kummersbach for driving tests, when they retreated they were blown up, soviets captured and brought them to kubinka, but yea they made 1 maus out from those 2

[@honk5468]

they were barely built let alone fielded lmao

[@WOTplaya]

Fun fact: Only 2 Pre-Preduction Mauses were made total, they bothe were blown up in kursk and were both "scuttled" by thier crew (they tried to make them un recoverable to the soviets but failed) but the soviets captured the hull/chassis of one and the turret/gun assembly of the other and in a museum the maus stands today!

[@emillenn9696]

Foshhh, like a pronounced shhh, sound at the end.

[@theredgamer9336]

9:52 yes you can rangefind for the smaller gun, you just need to switch to the secondary gun (with a keybind or the Z menu) or you can use a custom sight.

[@F_Around_and_find_out]

Please do more of these grinding from the bottom up.

[@Nightmare77_Games]

Hey panzer paw, the maus didn't need to worry about bridges, it had a snorkel attached to it, was able to ford about 8 feet of water.

[@benhawkins4245]

Not to mention it could go even deeper if you used a second maus as a generator to power the first maus’ electric transmission through some long wires and have the maus just drive underwater

[@misterperson3469]

Though it might still struggle to find a suitable place to ford. Lots of riverbanks are steep, muddy or for a dozen other reasons unsuitable for this 188t brick to traverse.

[@newbasilisk4032]

@@misterperson3469ok Hans, just have to get down the ba-AHHHHH *crash*…. Well… at least we are still operational… but I think we crushed Heinrich.

[@callmepepapig1946]

Favorite WT youtube channel right here

[@Guac-and-mole]

The Maus was actually produced, there was one full hull, and a few of hulls and turrets, but it was just immediately bombed

[@SillyG1mp]

finally someone else saying this.

[@Aenonar]

2 hulls and 1 turret, that's it. Afaik it was never fully assembled into one tank either until the Russians got it.

[@RadiantCataclysm]

This is a great video, thanks for showing even the bad games. The maus looks frickin painful to play, hope that the crew of the prototype had some buttered scones with them.

[@erikkuthan4988]

I thought it was a old vid lol btw i just wanna say first off you gotta unlock the C heat variant on 75mm put 20ammo into 128mm and 30 to 75mm and the 75mm is great coz ppl destroy your big gun forget abt small and u kill or criple them you can kill even a t44 from side as u discovered pzgr43 is much better than the high pen one and if u dunno where pen shoot lower front plate and u mostly get the elim overall from my experience its super great but on uptiers it struggles A LOT but i even got a nuke in it

[@BiscuitBiscuit3]

Man even I can’t read this and I’m reading at a kindergarten level

[@Jake1Ol2]

From what I've seen angling with the muas is the best way to use it

[@dante_rib]

i like the maus buttered scones: also you can set the keybind to switch to secondary weapon and you'll get a different sight for the 75

[@onthing66]

There is a thing i think for the 12.8 cm gun, it is theorized that the shell of the 128 is actually an apheds (amor piercing high explosive discarding sabot) and the penetrator is the shell of the long 88, which explains why they named the apheds rounds after the same shells the tiger 2 uses which is PzGr, PzGr 39, and PzGr 39/43. Edit: i was wrong with the shell names, it was PzGr 12.8/8.8 T.S

[@notwofie]

you could simply put a bit of RP into the maus and it will stay forever(atleast what i did) so there isnt really a point to GE it if u dont want it there and then

[@firebat2120]

Yes. I was going to says this. The only thing I think you failed to mention is that you need at least one German Rank 5 tank.

[@notwofie]

@@firebat2120 yea that's fair

[@MattZaharias]

All you have to do is have rank five unlocked, and when the event comes around, you just have to get one research point into the mouse, it’s on the right hand side with the premiums but you can unlock it with research points. You don’t have to research the whole vehicle, it stays available after the event ends and you can finish researching it and then play it. You just have to be ready to actually start research on it during that week.

[@princesspupcake1269]

The Maus still exists, surprisingly enough -- though it's entirely non-functional as far as I remember. Cobbled together from the hull of the first prototype and the turret of the second, totally empty on the inside and god-damn MASSIVE. I can't remember the exact place, but it's in a small museum in england. I think it's neat it "technically" survived the war, it's an interesting look into the wunderwaffe nonsense Mustache Man cooked up.

[@honk5468]

its in kubinka, russia

[@khievlysathya3216]

I got it but I didn't play much with it because it just slow and all that armour mean nothing against HEAT FS. It's just a collection of my fav tank and something to show to my fri 😂

[@Lehandro1204]

It's so painful to watch how slow that thing is

[@user-ry5wm7td3g]

Friendly advice only bring like 20 main rounds and like 32 of the 75 it will stop you from getting ammo racked

[@y.m.9277]

Panzer: "Mentioning the Maus is slow is like mentioning the sky is blue." Also Panzer: Disappointed for Maus didn't have protection upgrades like "APS".

[@PanzerPaw]

Ok but imagine a Maus with ERA, APS and an AA machine gun.

[@_edgemaxxer_]

Hi PanzerPaw,as someone who has played 350 battles in maus i recommend you to take 20 pzgr43 rounds and 5 12,8 pzgr rounds and for the 2nd cannon you should take 20 of the best heat rounds for it and 5 smoke grenades and of course don’t forget to separately bind keybinds for main and secondary cannon

[@Cramblit]

1 thing I do love about War Thunder, is the fun "what if" battles.. like a Maus in Vietnam, or Germany and Russia vs USA and Britain.

[@Mike-bs5ri]

Let's go, great video!

[@ghriszlybare2547]

I know this tank isnt meta but i absolutely love it! If youre top BR then you can really make it work. You need to plan where to go and set up for encounters before they happen or youll just be flanked and picked apart but you can lock down an entire lane with near impunity. Also you should actually angle your turret more than your hull. You want the hull at about 25-30 degrees while you should keep the turret closer to 40 degrees. The turret sides are extremely thick and well angled

[@drydenshuntsadventures2092]

Buttered scones!! Once you get the right tanks/planes it’s fun. 30:10

[@The_Destroyer_of_Worlds47]

Leopard 2: dad who was my grand grand grand father? Leopard 1: uhh well son "There was once a tank, in germany long ago, his name was Mous to the germans he was such a lovely dear"

[@CKFromTheNorth]

Late to the party but as per PanzerPaws request "Butt Hurt Scones"

[@ThomasJones-pt2wr]

Little tip you can repair your tank on the caped point even if you don’t have parts unlocked

[@brixytrixy]

the baarrel thing on the back of the maus is a gas tank for a flamethrower system that was never actually made for the maus but it was supposed to have a flamethrower

[@jawk007]

There is a setting where you can select your secondary or even your turretmachinegun and it will have its own sight so you can actually aim with the heat round

[@glamrockfoxy3962]

The "boil" is a hatch to eject spent casings

[@Nate_wright]

The maus at 20:58 is technically historically accurate due to the first and functioning maus was labeld 864

[@SillyG1mp]

the panzer 8 maus saw action on the battlefield, it wasnt just a prototype my guy, unfortunately only few were made and the ones that were got bombed or broke down etc, but it did see the battlefield

[@Aenonar]

No it didn't. There were 2 hulls and 1 turret built and briefly tested on the testing ground and afaik never as a complete unit. Then the site got overrun and one of the hulls blown up. The one Maus we have left is put together with the hull of one and turret of another and completely gutted inside.

[@YippingFox]

I'm sure that the mouse would've gotten a quick disconnect for it's turret so that it could be easily transported in two pieces.

[@panzernerd8486]

Well, I played very defensely...But I loved it. My first match I had a full up tier and bounced incredibly many bounces...Like, I don't know if they all used APHE or something but I guess they just had bad aim. Also, the Maus can be researched all year as long as you research at least 1RP into it on the anniversary

[@eventidessoul1963]

you can switch to your secondary by pressing Y and pick the secondary armament option. Once you've switched you can use the sight on it. But you do have to switch back to your primary cannon once its reloaded. I can't remember if there was a way to bind this. You could bind the turret mounted mg. not sure about the secondary cannon though.

[@_EllieLOL_]

Yeah there’s a keybind for swapping to each weapon

[@exxpxsedd]

In germany switching from centimeters to millimeters is mostly used in the metal industry because its more accurate but switching the measurement on guns i am not sure

[@kostas9006]

buttered scones are very nice

[@nicholasharding07]

The Muas has something I like to call "Heavy Stealth"

[@pheaktra_]

24:10 BRUCE LEEROYY LMAOO

[@Shinyoguski]

I bet that BTR, saw the maus and went like " Nope, not dealing with that today"

[@akorth49]

Second game is literally the definition of moving so incredibly slow that nobody can see you lol

[@BasedHussar]

yeeeesss lleeeeeessss goooo also your getting closer to 50k

[@PolarisX1945]

Whenever I see a maus I always try to help push / two it to the battle or at least closer :)

[@That-one-britsh-guy-in-1776]

16:33 it’s said as fosh it was named after the ww1 commander for France in ww1

[@rcgamer5374]

The big oil tank looking thing on the back is a fuel tank since the mouse phoned about 17L a mile

[@terriblebreak10]

In technicality, you only spade a vehicle once you obtain enough research with the vehicle whilst using it in the same crew slot to get the aced crew qualification for free.

[@robertharris6092]

The HEAT shell you should be aftaid of the most is the amx-30s. It hascall thecadvantages of HEATFS without any of the disadvantages.

[@williamcalderon1330]

34:40 you were in the heaviest tank

[@Crescent-gh9sg]

For anyone grinding the maus, play it like a heavy tank destroyer and focus on positioning. Reduce ammunition load to fill 1 rack to increase survivability and use the secondary gun for smoke and incapatation. The secondary is good for breaking tracks and guns or dropping smoke to either cover your advance, cover your retreat of stall enemies by blinding them.

[@Onthefritz69]

The way I did it was to use it like a Heavier tiger

[@Crescent-gh9sg]

@@Onthefritz69 Thats a pretty decent way of using it. If you use the Tiger defensively, it can be deceptively well protected. I have a hard time doing so as I typically use the Tiger as a fast heavy or hard hitting medium to take and capitalize the flanks.

[@Onthefritz69]

@@Crescent-gh9sg Just swing your left and right to make sure People don’t pen

[@dragonbank6807]

I just spaced the maus and it was honestly not half as bad as I feared. I actually really like it. Roughly 4.0 kd when it was all said and done

[@SoggyToast123]

I wish i had the Maus :( Also buttered scones

[@I_am_looking_for_GF]

White rock fortress was so fun with the maus

[@casverbeek6597]

Contrary to what you might believe but the maus would have been able to cross big train bridges since a lot of locomotives would weigh almost 150 tons. But as soon as the allied forces would know of it they would just blow all of the bridges up or weaken them so the maus would just fall in the water.

[@amishort3366]

If you don’t like the maus you can I have it?😂

[@davidkolar62]

Ahhhh the wasd sim. Granted I actually enjoyed this vehicle when I spaded it and finally got into fights.

[@whitefang1386]

Besides the terrain nerd on the maus irl I believe it would be an terror if they used the tactics live we do support to cover all angles for the maus would be more AA halfttacks

[@Panzer445]

31:07 the maus to the right is me lol

[@rainbowappleslice]

I’m going to guess that BTR in the second match drove straight past because he realised there’s nothing he’s gonna be able to do to a maus

[@guvyygvuhh298]

Pretty sure i read somewhere the maus needed like 1L of fuel for every 30m it traveled offroad which is kinda nuts if you think about it.

[@kiri0_]

I think they were going to build the maus for defending the capital. They it was to heavy to move it over bridges so it was probably going to be their finals defence and then they would use the e100 and 75 as attackers. It would have made sense for its slow so they would just put it in a good spot and then leave it there

[@user-hz4sj5ff2e]

In my opinion, if you ever get an open map, go straight down the middle since whoever’s in front of you you could shoot and whoever is on the side of you bounces so you can just go straight all the way to the middle of the map unless you know a T 95 gets in your way you can still kill a T 95 with the best round the mouse has

[@billbillson3129]

My highest rank tank is the T-10A from battlepass, and last time I played it I ran into a Maus with zero clue how to go about attacking the monster lol

[@BuilderInStyle]

buttered scones

[@Mystakid02]

As a 2k hours player the biggest thing I can say is DONT take full ammo, only take 20ish rounds for main

[@henrikeder1398]

nice video

[@davidschulz5315]

I use a custom sight that has ranges for both guns and that helps me alot.

[@IgN5P]

And a super-heavy tank like Maus would break very often, and would be a nightmare to maintain.

[@_curledupdog_2677]

loads into match and the first thing you see is a BT-5 lmao

[@wastelander89]

Just wanted to say i love your videos .,you always make great content I wish they could move it down to 7.0 or 6.7 it literally faces heat and atgms and almost no aphe.its like the armor is useless. This game would be so much more fun if there was no airplane or cas in the battle .like having armor and tank vs tank is way better .but having cas and planes to ruin the fun,it takes away from tank on tank and angling fun.also it would be nice if they added a mode with tanks that could only use ap or aphe .no heat or atgm bs.

[@Tigerpanzer6666]

youtube staff only watch the first 15 seconds of the video unless reported

[@PolarisX1945]

Also, sweeden is a great counter to the maus as it can front pen it with most tanks xD

[@carolusrex7627]

4:40 My Hkp3c´s live reaction: Nuh Uh I have like 5 maus kills in it