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The Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat") was a design for a 1000-ton tank to be used by Germany during World War II which may have been proposed by Krupp director Edward Grote in June 1942, who had already named it "Landkreuzer" ("Land cruiser").
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte; paper project; Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster; paper project; 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK 30.01(H) "Sturer Emil" - tank destroyer; 2 built; Heuschrecke 10, Krupp's design for a new self-propelled artillery gun; VK 3001 (P) - medium tank; paper project; VK 3002(DB) - prototype medium tank; one built
Adolf Hitler was a proponent of "war winning" weapons and supported projects like the 188 tonne Maus, and even larger 1,000 tonne Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte. [ citation needed ] The British and Soviets all built prototype designs similar to the Jagdtiger , and the US was working on the project then known as T95 Gun Carriage, which was later ...
It never left the drawing board and no progress was made. It would have surpassed the Panzer VIII Maus (the heaviest tank ever built) and the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte (never built) in weight and size.
Landkreuzer is the German word for landship and refers to a pair of unbuilt German vehicle designs from World War II: Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte , a proposed giant tank armed with naval guns Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster , a proposal to turn the Schwerer Gustav into a self-propelled gun
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The first, turretless prototype (V1) was assembled by Alkett in December 1943. Tests started the same month, with a mockup turret fitted of the same weight as the real turret. [9] In June 1944 the production turret, with armament, was used for tests. [9] The Maus was too heavy to cross bridges.