Just imagine if the Germans have the Materials to make those tanks! I don't even think D-Day was possible ! Those tanks whould have shoot down afew ships!

Originally Posted by godofthunder9010

That picture is the Ratte. BTW, it was bigger than the Mause by a bit. That thing weighs/would have weighed over 1000 tons. I'm not 100% sure whether the Ratte or the Mause ever had a working prototype, but that's definitely the general design. Crazy idea IMHO. The reason it has 2 Main Gun barrels is because its a Battleship's gun turret they were going to use.

That is incorrect. That tank is neither the Ratte nor the Mause.

The tank in that picture is entirely fictional to the best of my knowledge.

As crazy as the Ratte is, the thing in that picture is rediculous beyond even Nazi imaginations.

The Ratte as designed had 8 flak guns on it.

o! Any one has pics of Ratte?

The trouble with making the Mause or Ratte is pretty simple and it goes back to exactly the same lesson learned in WW2 in the Pacific: Big targets like Battleships make very easy targets for combat aircraft.

yes, but on the other side, it causes great damage to the land forces!

It also would collapse any bridge in the world. 1000 tons!! Know any bridge that could handle that? Several of that? If there is a sinkhole anywhere, the Ratte or Mause would have found them and fallen into them.

Consider the current concept adopted by the Navies of the world. The old monster Battleships are all being decomissioned b/c you can pack more firepower for less expense and maintenance into lots of smaller ships. They're also harder to hit and if you take out 1, you still have all the rest.

It's Maus, not Mause.

That last pic of the Ratte looks awesome.

What does it say above the girl? "Kleines" or "Kleiner" "R..."? Kleines/r means "little" or "small".

Originally Posted by godofthunder9010

The trouble with making the Mause or Ratte is pretty simple and it goes back to exactly the same lesson learned in WW2 in the Pacific: Big targets like Battleships make very easy targets for combat aircraft.

Then they should just stick an airstrip with interceptors on top of it .

Well, with an airstrip, it becomes a mobile tank aircraft carrer! I think it is a Frau. Howcome it is Kleiner?

If it's Frau, it should be Kleine (with no r or s). The adjective is probably ironic.