German Ratte super-tank

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German Ratte super-tank

Post by dragon53 » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:45 am

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
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Re: German Ratte super-tank

Post by 456THBG » Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:53 am

Now, that is amazing...Impractical, maybe, but what an engineering feat that would have been!
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Re: German Ratte super-tank

Post by ketelone » Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:33 pm

It is cool but the Maus, which would have been dwarfed by this tank, was so impractical. The Maus, probably like this vehicle, would have been slow and a large target for aircraft.
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Re: German Ratte super-tank

Post by dragon53 » Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:35 pm

Cool Youtube video of a 1/35 Ratte model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fv ... QEPYGPxcBY



Photo of a "Ratte".


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