Ok an easy one.

Many of you will be familiar with the German Panzerkampfwagen VII 'Maus' prototype tank. Weighing in at a swelte 188 tonnes it was the heaviest tank ever built.

However, there were 2 even larger prototypes planned by Germany. What were they called and what were their weights?

I would not call the first one a tank, but there was the Panzerkampfwagen Bar at 120 tons, and the Panzerkampfwagen Lowe, at a mere 90 tons.
I also found a reference to the Panzerkampfwagen E-100, which weighed in at 140 tons.

These were the more serious designs. In the "pure fantasy" category, there was the P-1000, which was supposed to weigh in at 1000 tons. However, later estimates would have put the actual weight closer to 2000 tons. It was supposed to have Graf Spee turrets with the centre gun removed.... hmmmm....!

Then, there was the P-1500 Monster, a 1500 ton, 800 mm self propelled gun. These are the fantasies that occur when non-military idjits end up taking over countries and are allowed to realize their military fantasies....

Dean

That was Hitler for you. He was obssessed by the gigantic. Luckily Albert Speer and Heinz Guderian quietly cancelled development of all those silly designs before they could suck up too much of Germany's ever shrinking resources.

Ummm, Doppelganger, were these the ones you were looking for?

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

Luckily Albert Speer and Heinz Guderian quietly cancelled development of all those silly designs before they could suck up too much of Germany's ever shrinking resources.

Luckily? Who's side are you on?

Originally Posted by The Cooler King

Luckily? Who's side are you on?

Obviously in the context of the sentence 'luckily' was an apt choice of words as it applied to Albert Speer and Heinz Guderian who were both German. 'Unluckily' wouldn't quite have fitted now would it?

To Dean, you answered correctly.

Here is one that is right up Boris 116's alley. While there were many reasons that the Russians truly hated the Germans, one particular event polarized Russian opinion like no other. It involved a young woman. Who was she, and what was the story?

Dean.

No guesses?? Here is a clue. She was a partisan, and....

Dean.

Was it Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya?

... her name was Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Very good, Doppleganger, it was indeed. I did ask for the story though, as it did polarize resistance in many areas of Russia. Due to the fact that I do not feel like typing it, I will simply leave you the link.

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2002/11/26/39979.html

I do wonder, however, if the case would have had such an effect if those photos had never been published...

Dean.