Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "The Maus - Nazi Germany's Biggest Tank" video.

  1. The Maus wasn't even the most absurdly large and completely ridiculous armored vehicle the Germans came up with. They came up with the Ratte, which was a tank that was supposed to weigh 1000 tons, and would have made the Maus look practical by comparison. They also had the Landkreuzer Monster, a completely farcical 1500 ton 800mm self-propelled gun that had four sets of tracks and a crew of over 100. These projects, despite Hitler's enthusiasm, never got off the drawing board, and were quietly cancelled by Albert Speer when Hitler had turned his attention to other stupid plans and ridiculous doomsday weapons. Basically, Hitler was a megalomaniacal lunatic with a penchant for extremes, and had a lot of unrealistic ideas about doomsday weapons.
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