Key point: It was an act of desperation—and an engineering marvel. By the time the super-heavy Maus tank rolled out for its first tests in January 1944, the Nazis had — six months after Kursk — ...

The Maus’ specifications are still somewhat hard to believe. The front glacis — the sloped section beneath the turret — was a remarkable 200 millimeters thick. By the time the super-heavy Maus tank ...

The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a WWII engineering marvel - and a massive failure. Weighing 188 tons, it was the heaviest tank ever constructed. But its size made it nearly immobile, and it never ...