Tank Files: The Ratte - The Largest Tank Never Built

[@squib-po2ye]

*Ratte is built* "Ze gut. Driver, start this monstrosity." *Starts engine* "oh. Well, there goes our fuel." "Not just our fuel, but the entire oil supply of the Reich."

[@nomad1-450]

😂😂😂

[@nomad1-450]

If you stopped at "Oh well there goes the fuel" it woud have been way funnier. Js

[@generalaccount6531]

"Hans, it's time to put on ze 800-ton turret on" *Thunderousmetallic cracking noise* "Wat was that, Hans?" "Herr Kommandant, I think ze transmission just committed suicide to avoid any further torture"

[@YukoValis]

Yep listen to that baby purr. Gets 2 inches to the gallon that one.

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

@@nomad1-450 *ratte built* "ze gut. Driver, start this monstrosity" *starts engine* "there goes the fuel" "how much did you put in" "around a gallon" "why not more" *"because that's all we have"*

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

When your tank is so absurdly big that you start making Warhammer 40k designs look more plausible, *you know you have gone off the deep end.*

[@kabob0077]

Buddy, the Admech is wondering what the designers were on.

[@magmat0585]

Brother, it needs a hatch on the front so I can hit the enemy with my sword!

[@kabob0077]

@@magmat0585 The lack of a hatch is clearly a glaring design flaw.

[@logion567]

Just don't look at titans.....

[@A-Forty3707]

The ratte is a precursor to baneblade confirm

[@jochentram9301]

The Maus and, to a lesser degree, the Ratte did fulfil their designers' true purpose: they kept those engineers and technicians working on important war-related project, and so kept them from being drafted.

[@theomnissiah-9120]

That actually makes a fair amount of sense

[@Mcree114]

Ratte and maus might have been them mocking the same meat grinder that would've conscripted and killed them. Instead of feline names, like Tiger or Panther, they chose rodent names.

[@bad_pilot13official]

@@Mcree114I don’t really agree but that is a very interesting observation

[@ahnafusaid8028]

never looked at it like that. Thank you for this new point of view

[@TheSecondVersion]

Judging from the naming patterns, the germans were probably building a tank called the "Germ" which would have been the size of a country

[@benis4958]

Lmao the capybara the biggest rodent

[@m.c.schock2933]

* Looks at the P.1500 Monster * Yeah... they totally did that...

[@coledavis5212]

“Amöben-Panzer”

[@ksanbahlyngwa1998]

They should build the "Atom"

[@coledavis5212]

@@m.c.schock2933 couldve been a small monster.

[@emanethan8767]

Use it as a road blockers. Can you imagine the allied reaction at having to tow it out of the way in order to resume a march.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@The Xenomorphian *Allied Bombers move in*

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

It would literally be quicker to lay a new road going around it.

[@battleoid2411]

@@frenchsoldier8485 *laughs in B-17 blotting out the sun*

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@battleoid2411 Which variant?

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@@frenchsoldier8485 Probably the most common one, the B-17G

[@Sprottel_SFM]

"I cant believe we lost the bismarck due to a rudder jam" "Then *hits blunt* how bout we remove the rudder"

[@alamrasyidi4097]

bringing landships back in action

[@concept5631]

*_tracks get crushed under its own weight_*

[@MrPear40]

"Hanns im board" *Hanns pulls bottle from desk* "Tank design?" "Tank design"

[@noahhastings6145]

Haaaaannnnssss. Get ze flammenwerfer!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I'm more inclined to assume stimulants of some sort were involved rather than alcohol.

[@Reagan1984]

Random Officer: ....Ooh, zhe Führer vill love zhis-

[@kitchenjail3546]

Trust me, Im an engineer What the fuck has happened here

[@MrPear40]

@FireIron 36 *dont you mean fanta*

[@pinecone9619]

"I really like battleships, but I'm afraid the the sea... eureka!"

[@memelover6917]

"PUT THE BATTLESHIPS ON LAND INSTEAD GENIUS"

[@funwithphobias]

Albert Speer recounted that Hitler actually used a similar line of logic for these super tanks, saying that tanks were like battleships and always benefited from more armor and munitions

[@toysgamesandmore1386]

Wet

[@notslaughterpaws640]

Better yet, make the thing amphibious

[@Bigtony4669]

You should have said erika

[@bobob4477]

"Hear me out.. The Bismarck, but on land" "Perfect, do it"

[@tacotown4598]

Ratte got nothing on bismark

[@oswaldmosley1063]

>tfw the Ratte could literally have been a shitpost by some german engineers

[@Kay_213_]

“You think I’ll get a raise if I show hitler a huge ass tank?” *Bruh, you’ll make him nut by showing him that*

[@Assassinus2]

After watching Drachinifel's video on the Tillman battleships, I wonder if the Ratte was an equivalent exercise by some very annoyed German engineers after being asked, "Yes, but can you make our tanks bigger?" Who were then appalled when Hitler said "That's a brilliant idea!" By the point in the war when this was drawn up, though, you'd think the engineers would've known better.

[@chriswerth1575]

And now some Wehraboos on the internet actually think it’d be anything more than target practice lol

[@die1mayer]

@@chriswerth1575 Kinda like british battleships in the age of aviation.

[@Julianna.Domina]

@@daveyboi1337 A lot of people, a semi-common refrain I hear is "German humor is no laughing matter."

[@theimperialyank]

Ah Germany, the nation satisfied with only the *THICCEST* of Panzers

[@parrotbird7900]

Yank. It is I

[@grey3247]

Even though smaller panzers are better relationships for it emotionally and for its transmission

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Either you go big or go home

[@arthurmorgan2418]

As it should be

[@PATTCORP]

The Imperial Yank yes

[@PhlyDaily]

hey nice credit! breathe of phresh air ty!

[@a.e.richardson218]

hello phly nice seeing you here

[@stresseddictator1849]

You watch him cool

[@raidendawn6412]

Wait a minute...... Who are you.

[@sateayyam3192]

Hello phly!

[@enolagayb-29superfortress92]

@ggh why???!! He is the war thunder king

[@exudeku]

Germany's largest war vehicle: *is literally names Rat* Germany's smallest war vehicle: *is literally named Goliath* British Intel: *ya aint gonna fool me jerry*

[@kabob0077]

The Goliath might be small but it sure packs a big blast.

[@leogazebo5290]

German Humor

[@gamerkiddocody107]

When your m8 says he has a Goliath pp. Dont expect much

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

The Vikings found an island that was covered in lush green hills. *They named it ICELAND* The Vikings found an island that was a baron frozen wasteland. *They named it GREENLAND*

[@panzerjagertigerpelefant]

@@tennoshenaniganizer9234 I see now, it was glaringly obvious all along.

[@navi189]

Germany: Losing war Also Germany: What if we turned the Kriegsmarines into tanks?

[@johnsona6428]

All you need is a set of tracks on a battleship and the war is over.

[@CatsAreAmazing8187]

Zelda Man Correction What if we turned the kriegsmarine into panzer divisions

[@liutaurasgrybauskas8377]

If you haven't seen it already, there's a video about the amphibious midget submarines from Nazis on Mark's channel

[@KyuMachi]

briam1354 or built more Submarines and tanks and have the tanks stay away from water

[@gp-1542]

Zelda Man hitler: BRILLIANT

[@snailetiquette]

"Hans?" "Yes, Willhelm?" "Imagine ze Bismark..."" "... but on land." "Willhelm you fucking genius!"

[@thenotflatearth2714]

Germans: ze Kriegsmarine can’t be destroyed by British if we move ze kriegsmarine on land

[@11Survivor]

This comment is underrated.

[@jean-baptistecarrere-gee9157]

Good one made my afternoon

[@brendanzio]

except the Brits already had the Royal Navy on land years before the Germans, ever heard of the Churchill?

[@kurumachikuroe442]

British: Well yes, but also *The RAF wants to know your location*

[@ethanhatcher5533]

*gets bombed by a typhoon*

[@thedootster9074]

German oil supply: Exists Ratte: Im about to end this mans whole career

[@edgargarred4319]

This deserves atleast 500 likes

[@koboldparty4708]

What oil supply?

[@sean5623]

What oil supply?

[@arthas640]

@@sean5623 the Germans didnt have much for oil (main motivation for pushing east and allying with Romania were for their oil fields) but they did use liquidized coal, since they had plenty of that lying around.

[@sean5623]

Arthas Menethil (I know, the comment was sarcasm “what oil supply?” As in it doesn’t exist. :)

[@iron1349]

The Ratte looks like it is a rejected Wolfenstien boss fight

[@ArcturusOTE]

Or a possible mission chapter

[@Predator20357]

To be honest, it probably works better in real life than the Paris Monitor. That thing would probably sink into the ground

[@mailbox3982]

Thats a good idea

[@looinrims]

God I wish, I just wanna see Blazko fucking rip the AA turrets out and then frag the engines, magazines, or something

[@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776]

Do you one better: Adding a HYDRA cannon to it

[@hanzthebringerofflammewerf4881]

Ratte: *is built* Every airforce in existence: "Its free real estate."

[@harvia8348]

The 20mm ai defense cannons. Hehea boi

[@hanzthebringerofflammewerf4881]

Those wont make a difference when it comes to 500 pound bombs.

[@Mericaa47]

@@harvia8348 Ask the Yamoto how well their anti-aircraft guns protected it.

[@harvia8348]

@@Mericaa47 wery well i suppose.

[@amberteague6199]

@@harvia8348 wasn't enough. The Yamato still got sunk.

[@exudeku]

Ratte: *appears* Mines and Bombers: *allow us to introduce ourselves*

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

Nuclear Bomb: did someone knock? Ratte: ha ha ha... I'm dead.

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

@@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370 if a centurion survived a nuclear explosion this one would probably be fine... ...as a nice radioactive flat for your 5 arms and 13 legs to live

[@wargearinternational7679]

I dont think mines would be that big of an issue, since its quite large and well armoured.

[@alreadyblack3341]

@@wargearinternational7679 The tracks would be disabled.

[@Spade_1917]

@@jclark6749 "1940" "canceled in 43" lul

[@BrickBlockr]

Germany: Builds Ratte History textbooks: We won World War 2 because Germany went b r o k e.

[@dn2064]

A7V crew: 20 Intended Ratte crew: 40 Y E A H T H A T S E E M S A B O U T R I G H T

[@jukson8105]

*40k

[@klennalbertb.delapena322]

i'm pretty sure that the rat needs at least 60 crews to get it moving

[@Joesolo13]

@@klennalbertb.delapena322 Going by naval vessels just the big turret and magazine would probably be around 15-20 guys. Each of the back ones bare minimum of 4-5. You know I guess that leaves around a dozen for the rest of it.

[@jabezteng9872]

@@jukson8105 looks right out of 40k too

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

@@jukson8105 did someone say *40K!?*

[@salokin3087]

"I want the true German tank": Maus "NO. The true German tank": Ratte "Perfection"

[@ThreeEyedFish]

A fellow man of culture

[@Tayvin4042]

Landkruezer Monster ".....Mein Gott."

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@Tayvin4042 Mendleeves roll up

[@Carbide195]

updog

[@springtrappooper9311]

Italy : we need a 8 ton tank Germany : DID YOU SAID 800 TON TANK ? Us: did you said 8000 Sherman tanks ? USSR: did you said 800mm cannon heavy tank ? Japan: did you said 8mm armor tank ? Uk: did you said mk8 cruzachurtilda ? France: did you said put 8 white flags on a tank ? Brazil: did you said to bought only 8 light infantry tank ?

[@bobmcbob49]

Mussolini: guys can we get a modern medium tank now Fiat-Ansaldo: best we can do is overcharge you for a shmedium tank that doesn't even have optics

[@germanfan6481]

8 tons ain't that much if I am mistaken

[@comradelenin9075]

Italy: oh my god fucking stop Germany:did you say 1000 tons Italy: hey Britain wana be mates

[@biasedsherman]

@St0rm Ranger Around 4600 tons with a 600 ton turret.

[@A.RandomGuy]

Germany had plans for the german-soviet Dic* measuring contest, And this is hitlers idea, (Great)

[@FTWINZOR]

Can you imagine the explosion caused when the suspension breaks on that baby? And they say the German's didn't have a nuclear program.

[@mikaelgrande6968]

It would have used nukes as ammunition, no worries if the target is a little close, you are basically in a mobile bunker

[@LunaS043]

Good god, i can imagine the shock wave from the suspension breaking would actually kill soldiers. Just the shock wave not parts flying or anything.

[@Drwho1107]

Germany was actually going to have nukes if a ship from Finland reached Germany. It was carring heavy water, enough for 3 nukes, I think.

[@mememan2404]

@@Drwho1107 Except Hitler believed nuclear research was a Jewish science.

[@ronirantanen5197]

@@Drwho1107 wasnt the ship from norway.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Imagine a Bob Semple that size

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

Mother of holy machine guns!

[@laggymclaggylag5882]

The world itself would tremble before the kiwis

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Germany would have won the war in a day

[@rmcl7583]

That would be a kiwi pipedream

[@kabob0077]

The Greater Bob.

[@dinosatay]

Theoretical scene in history: Hitler: "Vir haf finished ze ratte" Soldats: *cheers* Hitler: "Now who vants to man it?" Everyone: *silence* Cricket: "crick crick"

[@themajor6835]

Of course no one man it. I mean no one wants to get hammered by a hundred bombs!!!

[@esplooze]

@@themajor6835 it has anti air tho

[@esplooze]

@NichtDerZocka okay yeah that's true

[@esplooze]

Except if the fuhrer travel to the future and bought some C-Ram

[@bongcloudopening5404]

@@esplooze bold of you to assume that the anti air could even shoot down enemy planes

[@nikokatsafaros5330]

This takes hans ze transmission broke to a whole nother level

[@arianas0714]

Hans, our engines broke again.

[@dodojesus4529]

@@arianas0714 scheiße ve need to scrap another boat

[@Firebolt193]

@WrathMachine No no no, Ze transmission is kaput after 5 meters

[@bruhcosby2722]

Das ist lustig, weils stimmt.

[@Reveling-In-Rebellion]

Hanz... *LOAD ZE ARMOR-PIERCING*

[@coryfice1881]

Ratte: Exists Bomber Harris: This is where the fun begins.

[@hedgehog3528]

Cory Fice Bomber Harris starts smacking laps with malicious intent

[@AlistairAi]

*_DO IT AGAIN BOMBER HARRIS_*

[@NodDisciple1]

Verdammt, Wendy!

[@majormidget2704]

Tallboy and Grand Slam raids intensify*

[@canisxv9869]

If the RAF was as accurate as in its usual bombing runs they would have missed it by a few kilometres :-D

[@jacobakana5649]

Hans: “we should build 150 new fighters and 75 new bombers!” Fritz: “we should build a dozen new destroyers!” Drunk German engineers: “tank, big tank.”

[@bluebaron4298]

How to destroy your oil supply in one single investment A German guarantee

[@TornadoADV]

Judging by it's turbine arrangement, it'd be about the same as a Admiral Hipper at MOST.

[@phantomwraith1984]

@@TornadoADV and how heavy were they on oil and fuel?

[@DaSpineLessFish]

Just use coal then

[@khalee95]

@@DaSpineLessFish they would need that for the metal industry, all those metal will not melt itself and become vehicles and ammunition.

[@DaSpineLessFish]

​@@khalee95 Germany has huge coal deposits, and it's not exactly like Germany was running out of coal

[@kyleshuler2929]

German Army: How big of a tank can you design? German Engineers: Yes.

[@raidendawn6412]

The ratte isn't really the biggest tank sorta. The p1500 monster and it's is the biggest gun in the word fitted on wheels.

[@RendingSnake]

40k fans: "The Baneblade is such a silly design, no one would come up with a tank this big in real life." German Engineers: "Well actually..."

[@deusvultblyat9239]

It'd definitely have a role. Target practice for the allies

[@mistakenotou7681]

For allied noobs ... Too easy for pros Any one can hit that

[@Demon-sh2wc]

If anyone misses it then they should be discharged

[@talleywa5772]

@@Demon-sh2wc this seems like very much a "boi you better not miss or I'll turn you into a chalk outline" sorta gig.

[@stevemc01]

@@talleywa5772 *shoom* *rocket misses the Ratte and hits a distant fishing ship* "BOI IF YOU DON-"

[@dm121984]

A source of metal post war for extraction.

[@bigchungus4349]

Maus: When I’m built, I’ll be the biggest tank ever designed! Ratte: *laughs in 1000 tons*

[@bkjeong4302]

The Maus did get built, albeit only as a pair of working prototypes (which were hybridized later on into one working prototype that still exists)

[@ValentineC137]

Bk Jeong non-working* The chieftan did an inside the hatch video on it :P

[@regiel3052]

Hmmm interesting name right here

[@thegreatcheese4682]

German engineer: “so Hitler how big should our next tank be?” Hitler: “yes”

[@joshuablue7938]

Ja

[@marnixkloppenburg9482]

Like 69 on the best comment

[@marnixkloppenburg9482]

@D H maybe

[@olenickel6013]

I kinda like the idea of the whole thing being an intra-departmental joke made up by a bunch of engineers to mock the Ferdinand.

[@RedHornSSS]

"this is unique, don't scrape it " Cries in Enterprise

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Everytime I look at the Intrepid I just scream IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU!

[@s0meRand0m129]

why?? what's the story behind Enterprise?

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

@@s0meRand0m129 The greatest American naval ship story ever. Basically present at almost every Pacific battle. Pearl to Okinawa. Was at several points the only carrier left in the theater. Fantastic ship.

[@randycheow4268]

Battle 360

[@bkjeong4302]

Aiman Hafeez Deadliest capital ship in WWII.

[@B52Stratofortress1]

Imagine throwing a track. It would probably be impossible to put back on in a reasonable time frame.

[@CanuckWolfman]

That's it, boys. We live here now.

[@dickc.normus2406]

Imagine if a smaller tank got caught in the tracks. "Vhe can't move herr Kommandant, ze Amerikaner tank ist squashed like a bug into tracks."

[@deepfryingdory7154]

@@dickc.normus2406 imagine finding the fuel and the steel to make and run the dam thing

[@haxavage156]

(Engine breaks) good news commandant we have a new field headquarters

[@Historyguy-xu5ht]

8 hours for the maus

[@ben._thrc]

Who would win: The largest tank ever Some RAF bois

[@mikaelgrande6968]

Hitler: if it loses to the RAF it ain’t big enough

[@nanderlizernanderlizer684]

@David McConville and how are they gonna get close enough?

[@battleoid2411]

@@nanderlizernanderlizer684 look at how high all those guns are, the depression is terrible

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

Flying Tanks: Hahaha cannons go BOOM!

[@viper_7712]

Correction: some fishy RAF bois with sword in their name

[@Trainer1865]

Jonny had recently broken up with Sara. Missing the touch of another man he downloaded grindr. as he went about watching anime he got pinged on discord. "Hey Jonny you're 4 hours late to game night when are you joining" Jonny was tired of people spamming him. "uuhhhh give my like an hour". Jonny would not make it to that game night. He got a notification on his phone, from grindr. "Tere, ma näen, et olete ilus Indiana pärit poiss. kas sa tahaksid kohtingule minna????" Jonny could not believe it. he was a chizzled man from Estonia, a patriotic Slav who served his country, and it made jonny's legs shake. "uuuuuuhhhhhhhh o-o-okay sir. would you like to go to applebees?" Jonny sat nervously as he awaited his response. Sara was carrying out her belongings when she saw Jonathan jumping with glee. "What are you so happy about?" Sara was the breadwinner but the apartment was under jonny's name, so he kicked her out,he was keeping the cats though. "Not that its any of ur buisness, but i have a HOT date tonight" Suddenly his phone got a notification. "Olete väike mees, kuid see tähendab, et see teeb mind suuremaks, ma tahaksin minna Applebezi. Ma näen sind kell 7, riietu kenasti, ma ei taha, et mind häbistataks" Jonny screamed with glee. Then he realized that the time would conflict with movie night with the discord. "who cares what they want they are stupid and gay and i hate minorities" Joanny meets with Estonian man at 9 at applebees. "sorry im late i got a cold" "See on hea, lihtsalt ärge mind jälle lahti ajada, yankee saas" Jonny orders a very large meal while Estonian man only orders a water. he cannot aford to lose his figure knowing at any time the russians could invade his mother country. "Milline on teie arvamus Eesti ja Venemaa väikemehe kohta?" hearing the word estonia and russia Jonny guesses that the estonian man is asking where estonia is in russia. "Well i know its on the baltic. Russia is such a beautifal country i would love to vist there on day and see estonia" The estonian man then grabs Joan of arc by the neck and throws him out of the building. he puts him in his car and drives him back home. graphic things then happen and Jonny never makes it to the game night non patreon plebs dont even know about the video lole

[@jonaswhitt4322]

Pin this please

[@COUNTERCOM]

What?

[@Alex-ok9iu]

A true masterpiece

[@theoutcastraven9777]

Wat

[@nikallport6609]

We Stray farther from God each passing day

[@northwoodsrailproductions4538]

It’s BIGGER, it’s BADDER, and it’s TOO MUCH FOR MR INCREDIBLE!

[@illucidate3749]

Maus: You sly dog, you got me monologuing!

[@santiagogarza8121]

Best. COMMENT. EVER.

[@angrycat4733]

1000 ton behemoth: Manages to exist. Oil supply: Not again! Metal supply: Almost deleted out of existence. Literally any enemy aircraft with a bomb: It's like bombing a building, but it slowly moves away from you while depleting the oil supply heavily, why not?

[@Gamerguy826]

Everyone left in the Luftwaffe: Not another escort mission... ugh...

[@AFT_05G]

Metal supply... Do you mean steel?İf so Germans had a production of some 30 million tons steel per year during 1941-1944.3 times more than thay of USSR and more than 2 times of Britain,but less than half of US's.

[@viper_7712]

Wirbelwind turrets on the Ratte: *maniacal laughing*

[@maxace1078]

viper_77 how did the Yamato’s aa help it?

[@mistakenotou7681]

Road builders and supply trucks behind : I give up

[@opdude4566]

Wasn’t there a French land battleship concept that is even more hypothetical?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

That's fantasy.

[@BigL1999]

Well i think i know what you mean and I fought this damm thing in Battlefield 1 xD but i dont remember how its called :/

[@khornatekrieger3023]

@@BigL1999 Actually the Char 2C was a properly and fully made vehicle. However, it never actually saw service during World War 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_2C

[@enfield_the_enigmatic2989]

@@BigL1999 You're thinking of the Char 2C which they did actually make. I believe he is refering to a different project.

[@LN997-i8x]

You might be thinking of the 140 ton FCM F1, which the French were planning on building to replace the Char 2C. They got the wooden mockup done, but the events of 1940 stopped development.

[@comm___4871]

The transmission break will be so loud that they’ll hear it on Okinawa

[@snailetiquette]

They'll see the damn thing all the way from Mount. Fuji.

[@josepholberding2776]

Japanese dude: the fuck was that?

[@SchniezelJaeger]

Next german tank: the Mycoplasma, size of europe

[@Zman44444]

VE VILL VIN AGAAAANNNN!

[@squishy2229]

Imagine being an alien and seeing a thicc metal plate covering Europe

[@RedstoneCuba]

After that we have "the quark" which is the size of the sun with a barrel 100000 km long and 3 km in radius

[@haxavage156]

That sounds like something from a game

[@generallyjimming]

@@RedstoneCuba After that The Atom Which is the size of 10 milky ways

[@jesuizanmich]

I like to think Krupp had an obsession with building the biggest land thing. I mean, look at their record: WW1: Big Berthas, Langer Max, Batterie Pommern, and all the 7 Paris Guns, WW2: worked on Maus, built Schwerer Gustav and Dora, and designed Landkreuzers Ratte and Monster. And then there's Bagger 288 excavator, the heaviest vehicle until it was superseded by Bagger 293.

[@LucasIsHereYT]

"Use a gun, and if that doesn't work, use more gun"

[@FirstMetalHamster]

"25 mph" [✓] Doubt

[@Joesolo13]

*meters per hour

[@raidendawn6412]

@@Joesolo13 km

[@raidendawn6412]

Two engines from a u boat so I do believe it can.

[@helphowdoichangepictwoyear9446]

@@raidendawn6412 im pretty sure the maus had a u-boat engine you think adding another engine makes it faster

[@raidendawn6412]

@@helphowdoichangepictwoyear9446 you can just search the power to weight ratio of the engine and do the maths yourself because I'm lazy.

[@mexicoball2529]

Ratte: *manages to exist* Lancaster 9000 pound bomb: Yummy

[@jammygamer8961]

Rattes roof armor: Haha I'm in danger

[@TornadoADV]

Good luck hitting the Ratte. Even if it IS the size of half a heavy cruiser.

[@martijn9568]

Pe-8 and it's Fab-5000

[@ThePonyClover]

that still only counts as one

[@owlie373]

@@TornadoADV I'm sure such bomb don't require direct hit to destroy or disable target

[@ltjimmynz]

Uses Kiwi accents at the start of his video: *happy Bob Semple noises*

[@Mattamaza]

Not even Peter Jackson could imagine it that big

[@tardarsauce1842]

_"Hitler's fantasies sometimes shift into the gigantic"_ -Heinz Gurderian

[@sumguyontheinternet8873]

Hmm yes

[@sumguyontheinternet8873]

not sure if the dick joke was intended

[@toxicman9128]

Designer: “We should build a tank that-“ Other Designer: “Weighs almost 2000 tons and has almost no practical use? Just as I was thinking!” Designer: “how’d you get back in here? thought we told security to keep you out.”

[@omarhashim2972]

"Its may of 1945, the security are on the frontlines" "Fuck"

[@wotwott2319]

Rattes, we're Rattes, we're the Rattes, We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the Rattes, I'm the giant Ratte who makes all of the rules, Lets see what kind of trouble we'll get ourselves into.

[@DimesAndNichols]

Yes

[@jon782]

i feel like the engineers drew this up perhaps to mock the obsession with making bigger and bigger unpractical tanks.

[@Khajiidaro]

And Hilter fell in love with the design and tried to order 3mil of them

[@pedrofelipefreitas2666]

Just stick a destroyer engine in it and it should run fine lol

[@MsCreepyChan]

Personally, the only role i could have seen the Ratte working as an actual concept would be to take advantage of that main turret on it and that would be as a mobile costal-defense gun. Something deployed in France, driving up and down the coast, lobbing shells at the Royal Navy patrolling the Channel, after all, that gun was specifically designed to tear through ships. The problem with this is that it would be a sitting duck as far as the Royal Navy is concerned as British Warships would be carrying equally as large guns to just end its whole fucking career, but, being that it is land-based, (And with it's theorized speed) the argument COULD be made that it'd have the maneuverability to avoid return fire.

[@TheTeddyGuy28]

Hell, it could use cover if it finds a particularly large hill or building to park beside. Roll forward, lob two shells into the sea using information from spotter planes, then back up behind the solid cover to weather return fire and reload.

[@535phobos]

Seeing how its only 28cm,which is the lower end of Battleship calibers ( arguably the Scharnhorsts were fairly undergunned), and BBs are supposed to hit other, moving and maneuvering, ships, the Ratte would be no match for ANY battleship and probably not even cruisers

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian]

@@TheTeddyGuy28 the ally's warship probably won't be able to hit it but their bombers will

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian]

@@TheTeddyGuy28 also i'm pretty sure during the landings the Luftwaffe no longer exist, so i doubt they'd have enough planes to deal with the bombers

[@MagicBiber]

@Potential History Hey man, love your videos, have been watching them for a while now. Under the threat of sounding like a pretentious douche: Since you plan on incorporating yourself more in front of the camera, I'd like to suggest that you play with the zoom a bit between each cut, as it can really help with the perceived pace and looks less jarring. Of course it depends on your style of speaking and presenting, but you should try it out for yourself. I found that increases/decreases in steps of 15% work pretty well and ideally cuts like at 7:00 should become almost seamless. If you record in 4K, but render and upload in fullHD you should get a full 100% of zoom to play with before the quality drops. Alternatively recording in fullHD and rendering in 720p works the same, but obviously that leaves you with less quality all-together. You could try some tracking shots of your hand movement with keyframes, but it might feel to hectic for your style. If you end up zooming, try to not jump the focus from one end of the screen to another, it might take some effort, but it really helps the video's flow when you keep it consistent. Like with that text you put at the bottom of the screen, instead of besides your face and near the hand movement. Even a small fade-in effect can help with that. Alternatively I'd suggest moving the camera a bit closer when you don't plan on using the wide open space you framed, which also helps with the microphone you're using. At least near enough to hide the front of your (quite beautiful) desk, so it looks cleaner. Also, was that black screen near 3:38 an error, or deliberate? If it's the latter, then the transition was a tad too short to really work, at least in my opinion. Maybe I just don't like it in general, I dunno. Then at some other parts, for example near 4:55 there is at least one black frame in between your transition. Not doing this to be a nitpicky arse, I just want to see you improve even more on a technical level and avoid such things. Took me seven years to get to where I'm now, so in comparison you're pretty golden. You have a rather engaging way of talking, but in terms of presentation you might wanna consider cutting a bit "sharper" at times, so you don't finish talking, begin to move and then jump to another scene where you're completely still. Lighting is obviously hard to adjust when working alone, but with a bit more light the camera quality would probably look much crisper. That being said, I love your videos, thank you so much for taking this step ans evolving further as a video producer!

[@Soundwave3591]

3:00 doesn't that apply to...90% of the "Wunderwaffe?" Our obsession for the 3rd Reich's machines and weapons attains a level of worship that borders on unhealthy. Based in part, i think, on those that they DID build or attempt to build, such as Schwere Gustav, the V-weapons and the Horten flying wings, we instantly assume that anything that came out of the German drawing boards, they fully intended to build. On the question of a role, i'm sorry, but i have this amusing idea of a battle-crazed Panzer commander, sick of running face-first into Soviet defensive "walls" at Kursk, screaming at the local Ratte commander to send it forward in a desperate attempt to use this building-sized pile of armor as a battering ram to try and break through.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

It's also interesting just in the fact... 90% of these wunderwaffe didn't really even do that much when they got made. Gustav did ok in the cited fight but they didn't use it past that, the V rockets killed those that operated and launched them more than anyone across the channel, and a lot of Horton's bluster about the flying wing is pretty bullcrap and people who call it a prototype stealth aircraft are entirely skipping over the people who actively created the more modern radar-resistant crafts of the cold war because 'it was made by a nazi it clearly was ahead of it's time' despite it barely being a prototype and like most nazi jet experiments usually costed the reich more in casualties than the oil and actual technical advancements that would be useful.

[@genericusername9934]

A terrifying beast of metal and steel Beating the hearts with oil as thick as cornmeal Shredding amongst the battlefield Solders March left to right, avoiding the giant rat that lays in sight Only to wake up to happily see That the beast of steel is but a dream

[@kabob0077]

Through the mists a shape, a tank is taking form. The silence of the front's about to drift into a storm. Sign of power, show of force. Load the guns, landship's plotting its course. Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel. Ratte in motion, unholy commotion.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@kabob0077 *Il-2 Sturmovik drops payload on it*

[@genericusername9934]

kabob 007 you deserve a heart, that’s beautiful ❤️

[@kabob0077]

@@genericusername9934 Thank you.

[@genericusername9934]

kabob 007 welcome!

[@Lazarus1095]

This is what we in the computer gaming world refer to as the "final boss" of tanks.

[@klutzspecter3470]

The ratte would be a moving tombstone, considering the carbon doesn’t kill the crew. Looks cool though.

[@raidendawn6412]

The p1500 monster is the literal moving gravestone as the gun takes an hour to reload.

[@raidendawn6412]

@@jerrossclarito6119 don't what me

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian]

@@raidendawn6412 how does "taking hours to reload" have anything to do with it? Unless you meant because it takes hours to reload the crew are left vulnerable making the tank a moving gravestone?

[@infinitespace2520]

@@mostdefinitelynotadurian The P1500 was literally a Gustav Gun with tracks, it would've had to stop to reload, which took about an hour, leaving the crew of the huge ass town sized gun platform extremely vulnerable to even a stray bomb.

[@beepbeeptaco92]

Nobody: The Imperial Guard:

[@semi-useful5178]

BEEEEEEEEHNBUHLAAAAAAAAADE

[@pancytryna9378]

0/10 not enough Dakka

[@Gotten37]

Creeeeed!

[@Gamerguy826]

Not going to lie, slap a Green or brown paint scheme on the Ratte, swap out the autocannons for heavy bolters and add some extra reflectors and it would probably fit right in with the Imperial Guard.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

The sad part is, comparing vehicles the Ratte still is probably like double the size of the baneblade chassis. Owning the model myself and with a Russ to compare it to (for reference, the Russ's profile is basically an M1 with a turret), and considering the stupid size of the thing in some of the modded into things footage, the Ratte's still monstrous. Like Ordinatus ridiculous.

[@MajorSpam]

3:00 I love hove jokes don't exist, they're all *MEEMS* now.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

In a few centuries all current languages will be radically different than they are in the present day, linguists posit.

[@kenetickups6146]

normalfa gs have stolen the word

[@poetycko_o_ksiezycu]

Sayounara zetsubou sensei

[@oblivionguard9022]

Me: i better study up for the test.. Potential History: uploads a video about the Ratte. Me: on second thought...

[@Bigdog0242]

hey oblivion guard whos greyfox and whats guild of thiews.. and whats guild of pickpocketers

[@loyalhoodini4944]

Role: being a target

[@arthurmorgan2418]

Actual role: striking terror in existence itself after the ostwind turrets are given WT stats

[@blah007001]

I was about to make a joke about it, but then I realized that' I've used that tactic before to great effect in my warhammer games with distraction carnifexes.

[@benis4958]

Role: allied bomber training

[@XSniper74184]

@@blah007001 the phrase "distraction carnifex" is not one I expected to hear at any point and frankly the thought disturbs me.

[@bificommander7472]

They already had the Tirpitz for that. It never did much, but it drained a lot of British resources and R&D time when they tried to find new ways to sink it.

[@shepherd8171]

Fun fact: during ww2 large portions of the german army were issued with methamphetamine to relief things like headaches, and German tankers were issued chocolate wich contained methamphetamine, so it could be possible that german tank designers may have got a hold of some of this chocolate, so its very likely that the ratte was dreamed up on a meth boosted design trip

[@talleywa5772]

"So after the Ferdinand debacle I think we all know what we need to do in order to improve our tank designs and keep them running longer." "Add 100x the weight?" "Fuck yes let's go."

[@thestupidgamerz5352]

The height of the Ratte makes even the M3 Lee jealous!

[@nikodemos71]

Tanklets, when will they ever learn?

[@anthony199757]

All this tank needs is a giant sign with the words "bomb here" to Allied bombers or fighter bombers.

[@dragonsword7370]

Even they look good it the pilot calls it out saying "Bombardier, you see the Odd looking hill? No the one left of that one. That's you're target!" [I'd assume they'd camouflage the sucker out of necessity.

[@agathaking4255]

Role: Sturmovik target practice

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

While they're busy pounding this slow monstrosity, they can use their actual tanks to launch an offensive. An expensive, ungodly finnicky distraction - vundabar!

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

IRL Distraction Carnifex

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Me: "I want to see like 20 of these airdropped into a city, just to see if it can be pulled off" Hitler: "not even I'm that crazy, what the actual fuck do you think 20 of these will do to the infrastructure, landing at the same time"

[@pyronuke4768]

You:"about the same as what the American's bomb did to Hiroshima"

[@fritzfromthewehrmacht5485]

Fritz: Yes yes hans lets put the kriegsmarine on land. Hans: we are unstoppable

[@Alystas]

I thing digging canals all around europe to have the Kriegsmarine actualy fight inland would have been an easier, more practical solution at this point. Plus after the war you would have an enormous network of canals to quickly an efficiently transport goods and peoples.

[@hatchmaster_5745]

I could see the land cruiser being more useful as a stationary fortress, kinda like when they would intentionally beach a Galeon or a Frigate to make it into a fort, and that was the entire purpose from then onwards. The Ratte would be a similar idea but on land where you drive the thing to the position you intend on defending and then you dig in around it using it's built in overwhelming firepower and anti air supports as the centerpiece of a defensive position

[@mrfreezeable2930]

This makes the wheraboo weep

[@grahamturner2640]

It is funny that he was wearing a specific uniform.

[@user-py5qq4ht8l]

A very incorrect uniform sadly

[@HydratedBeans]

I’m always suspicious of people that have these.

[@GrumpyIan]

@@HydratedBeans He has a shrine off camera for the Tiger 1 tank.

[@setesh1294]

@@user-py5qq4ht8l silence, Wehraboo.

[@ellis8238]

Graham Turner Uniform made me cringe. So inaccurate.

[@johnerelmacahilig5912]

Ratte: *exists* Albert Speer: Im about to end this whole career

[@garretthenry1649]

Could the ratte have hypothetically been effective if it had fuel and was a moble airstrip instead of a land battleship?

[@e1357]

Not really, anywhere it could drive you could have probably just have made an airfield at edit: probably would be cheaper too and quicker

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@e1357 pretty much, give the potential 40 man crew shovels and a few days rations and you'll get an airstrip faster than this monstrosity moving anywhere under it's own power.

[@e1357]

@@MediumRareOpinions The Ratte would probably only be able to move across very level ground with no major obstacles, so you probably won't even need the lads with the shovels to make an airstrip anywhere the Ratte could go, just some Austrian peasant with a roller mounted to a tractor. Also, imagine how much of a nightmare it would be to try any sort of field repairs on the Ratte, oh and on the topic of repairs, how the actual fuck would ANY repairs be done to it? It is about the size of a warship but since its a land vehicle you can't just use dry docks, do you need to have cranes be carted around behind it in case the transmission decides to die?

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@e1357 Perhaps you simply hope that wherever it breaks down is a strategically advantageous place to have a bunker? The war might be over before managing to get it going again

[@char2c584]

the luftwaffle would also probably be non-existent at this point of the war

[@ro-gamingftw3327]

brings a whole new meaning to "Hanz, ze suspension is out!"

[@vinnietom6766]

Everyone: (talks about the Ratte) Monster: am I just a rail gun to you Me: yes but actually no Tank community: yes

[@mausisbestwaifu8376]

“This is Germany if there is a chassis there is a tank destroyer vesting” Maus: BRUH

[@looinrims]

The Maus IS the self propelled gun version of the Maus with its gun of fucking huge

[@cactusmanofdestiny3708]

When you can say the words “Tank” and “Back deck” in the same sentence you know something’s gone terribly wrong.

[@Shaun_Jones]

All tanks have a back deck, I think you mean “upper deck.”

[@idunnowhyiplay8035]

When shouting FOR THE EMPEROR!! starts to make more sense you know you went too far.

[@barrybend7189]

You know this makes the Baneblade from 40K look resonable.

[@kabob0077]

The Baneblade is actually supposedly a pre-DAoT Scout/Escort Tank for even bigger ones... Also, praise the Emperor.

[@GrimdarkCrusader20th]

@@kabob0077 I read about that then again when black hole bombs are being used as frag grenades you can expect some shit in the realm of ridiculousness by 40k standards

[@ComissarYarrick]

Well, in realm of Wh40k baneblade is resonable. You need absurdly big tanks to fight enemy absurdly big tanks.

[@GrimdarkCrusader20th]

@Angel of Mercy. No pity No remorse No fear

[@Jacob-rm7yn]

Ah ahah you really want me to bring my giant church titan to show you who is the king here. Actually 40k is by far the dumbest with all those kind of non-sens

[@embasorangiratina36]

I bet that if they built it, the engine would've caught fire immediately.

[@GrumpyIan]

It would have probably had a setup like ships where it has a line of engines in series to power generators/ screws. Most likely because of the shear weight it would get stuck in a swamp then catch fire and blown up.

[@embasorangiratina36]

@@GrumpyIan Or it could explode the engine trying to climb an incline greater than 3 degrees.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@embasorangiratina36 Like the Ferdinand

[@JusTCheap15]

Troy Chient it Isnt an american jehaaaaa tank

[@Mattamaza]

Absolutely no mention of the final drive in this video. . .

[@jaydee4861]

Ah yes, the tank with it's own oil refinery and offshore oil rig already onboard

[@jobRobbemond]

Quick question: Could it take on a Bob Sempel? Yeah, that's what I thought.

[@demitrirobles4977]

bullet Bounce off the ratte. Who is Laughing now

[@highadmiraljt5853]

Not even a fair match The bob Semple would absolutely destroy the ratte

[@superjesse645]

I always saw the Ratte as sort of a mobile command center, used by an army commander to coordinate the forces while laying down some serious firepower on tough targets or lobbing super-powered HE rounds to clear masses of enemy units.

[@thomascushing7164]

Honestly, wouldn't be that bad of an idea for its role, the tank is still fucking stupid THICC and wouldn't work from just a resources perspective

[@darnit1944]

So basically a very large and mobile killbox?

[@Sneakleak96]

So basically a Big Tray from Gundam

[@okkok8501]

Lessons learnt: never have a naval designer design tanks

[@nolategame6367]

Hey the first tanks ever were developped by the royal navy

[@knightblade0188]

@@nolategame6367 yes but the Royal Navy had something called common sense

[@kgroovr]

Clicked on this yesterday and got a "hate speech" notification ?? Happy to see it back.

[@RainytheNB]

youtube staff are nazis about anything to do with nazis

[@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-]

Why does that not surprise me?

[@eagletanker]

Seeing how they don’t crack down on all the real nazis like P.J.W or Sargon, I don’t think that’s right

[@black-uh1df]

@@eagletanker ??????????

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@eagletanker KZbin are too lazy to actually contextualize anything, so they have their shitty algorithm (peace be upon it) fuck with anything that uses terms like 'Nazi' 'Holocaust' and the like - whilst all it takes to dodge this for someone inclined to espouse actual hateful rhetoric is to just use euphemisms and cagey weasel-words. The problem isn't actually political in nature - KZbin is just too lazy and greedy to find a solution with some sort of human oversight.

[@rmcl7583]

wow you are pumping more videos than T-34 factories.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

Impossible, nothing can top T-34 production value

[@VinceOliver04]

@Totally not the flash :3 Hahaha exactly they were doomed from the very beginning

[@memememr46]

_what in the sweet, flying _*_FUCK_*_ is your profile pic_

[@MonotoneCreeper]

7:30 The Gustav was actually not effective at all. The spread on the rounds was far too great for accurate fire, and considering it took 45 minutes per shell, any hope of adjusting fire was out of th window. The only thing it was any use at was destroying ammunition bunkers, since they were large enough targets, but like the Ratte, the hassle was not worth the very small gain. I hadn’t considered that the Ratte might have been drafted as a joke or just for fun, but it makes a lot more sense, since as a tank it would be utterly useless and get stuck or destroyed by artillery remarkably quickly.

[@NartNeyut01]

That’s what I called an actual land ship

[@marineghost3138]

A large metal box duct tape some guns on it and have a army just to crew it that makes sense

[@SuS_NuG_It]

Fun fact, while it is modern and power trains and drive trains have developed a lot, the Abrams is almost a 50/50 split in weight. The turret weighs about 30 tons, and the hull weighs about 40.

[@tardarsauce1842]

Adolf Hitler: *Ja what if we put Scharnhorst main naval gun on land with tracks* Albert Speer: *...*

[@Flopsos]

jonny: uploads for the second time this week me: *happiness noises*

[@mafiousbj]

"The Ratte...a 1000 ton Super Tank" German humour, not being a laughing matter since 1871

[@lennyfais5040]

Essentially, they’d have to use this in a similar way to how the AT-AT’s were used on Hoth

[@Brahmdagh]

*"MARV assembly complete!"*

[@looinrims]

Idk if even the MARV is that fucking huge

[@TheLastSterling1304]

"Not those boring sensible designs". I would like a video on the Panzer III :(

[@frenchsoldier8485]

KV tanks: *Edgy music* r u n . . .

[@christophervanoster]

Shame not a lot of people like the panzer lll. I think it’s the best looking tank made ever

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@christophervanoster You've never seen a glorious KV-2 then

[@christophervanoster]

French Soldier I mean it’s glorious. But the panzer lll just looks sexy. Like if you *could* fuck a tank, I’d fuck a panzer lll

[@christophervanoster]

Riku The Muffin yeah but I can’t find tank porn anywhere. Even looking up rule 34 for tanks doesn’t work

[@Alex-cw3rz]

So bascially the weight would be similar to that of a Royal Navy Monitor (the ones using battleship sized guns) and not a round number of exactly 1,000 tonnes. Which seems pretty obvious when you think about it.

[@DreadfulWa1e]

*Pz ratte exist* Allied bombers:Imma end this panzer whole career