Why wasn t the P1000 Giant Rat super heavy tank built?

The technology is too advanced, and the time is too limited, only one prototype car has been built, and the war is over, and there is no need to continue to develop without war.

Imagine knowing how big a behemoth this is, the main gun of the P1000 was originally used on battleships, and it is estimated that no car factory can assemble it, which may require naval construction technology.

It sounds very funny, and according to the design, the P1000 must have an empty weight of 1,000 metric tons, and it will be heavier if you count the personnel and ammunition, which greatly affects its maneuverability.

If there is an air force on the battlefield to participate in the war, this cargo is simply a live target, just imagine that an aircraft carrier much larger than it will not be able to withstand a bomb by plane, not to mention it, if it is for heavy fire support, its main gun has a long range, and it can be placed behind the battle line for non-direct firepower, and there is no need to push it to the line of fire to be beaten. So, it was completely a ** with no tactical value, and the project was eventually abandoned by the Germans.

As for modern warfare, there is no need to make such a big guy to scare people, because the current missiles and airplanes are so fierce that exterminating a rat is like crushing an ant to death, and it can only be built in a museum.

The performance is too poor, it's useless to build it, you can't go anywhere except flat ground, and the size is too long, even if you run fast, there are anti-aircraft guns, you can't withstand bomber bombing, it's better to defend your home than fortress guns, it can be understood that the giant rat is actually a giant armored vehicle used to transport fortifications.

The Giant Rat was planned to have a main gun (the middle gun of the battery on a naval battleship was removed), two anti-aircraft guns, (or four) and two secondary guns. Some people also say that the giant rat is so big that you can put as much as you want in the secondary cannon. Because these issues, including which engine to use, people were at loggerheads, so they stayed on the design blueprint.

It was the Soviet Union's economic backwardness at that time, the poor mobility of the two Mouse tanks, and the German army injured the Mouse tanks to varying degrees, so the Soviet Union no longer studied it.

There was no time, at the end of the Third Reich, two prototypes were built, but before the experiment was completed, the Third Reich was finished.

It is estimated that the technology and financial resources are limited, so it cannot be built.

In December 1942, Krupp came up with a plan for the P1500 super tank with a total weight of 1500 tonsIts frontal armor is as thick as it will be equipped with 800mm caliber mortars, and it is highly likely to be fitted with 2 guns! Its power system is planned to use two or four diesel engines for submarines. Research on the two supertanks continued until the first half of 1943, when the scheme was cancelled at Alber's request, and the turret of the P1000 was removed as a coastal gun and placed near the Trondheimfjord in central Norway.

Despite being huge compared to previous tanks, the Giant Rat was only as large as a light cruiser. However, there is evidence that the so-called turret is nothing more than a triple 280 turret from the battle cruiser "Gresenau", which has nothing to do with the P1000.

The new super-heavy tank was named the Krapp P1000 (Giant Rat).The planned P1000 will have a length of 35m, a width of 14m, and a height of 11m

It's simply a Land Cruiser. In order to withstand its enormous weight, the P1000 has wide tracks on each side, consisting of a combination of 3 wide sub-tracks. The P1000 is designed for a top speed of 40 km/h, and its powertrain is ready to be powered by two MANV12Z 32 44 type 24-cylinder diesel engines.

Up to 17,000 hp (2 x 8,500 hp); Or use eight Daimler-Benz MB501 20-cylinder diesel engines with an output of 16,000 hp (8 x 2,000 hp).

The P1000 can be loaded with a wide variety of **, one of which is a scheme configuration: 2 280mm main guns (naval guns on the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau), one 128mm gun, eight 20mm FLAK 38 anti-aircraft guns and two 15mm Mauser MG151 15

In addition, before the P1000 and P1500, Krupp had already had a similar super** research: a super shore defense gun using the main guns of naval cruisers. These super coastal defense guns include 14 different platforms, numbered from R1 to R14

The guns were made of naval guns between 150mm and 380mm, and the guns were mounted on a freely rotating turntable of the platform. The R2 platform is armed with a 280mm gun. But the super coastal defense artillery series did not leave any drawings.

The Giant Rat is not used in warfare, but it is an invincible super land fortress. Krupp P1000 (Giant Rat) Super Tank Program Performance.

Full weight: 1000t (in fact, according to the estimation of relevant scientists, the heavy manganese steel hull armor box has weighed 1000t, and the reduced version of the Scharnhorst turret weighs 700t, plus the weight of internal facilities and other devices, **, ammunition, supplies, and personnel, the actual vehicle weight is more than 2000t).

Length: Width: Height:

Crew: 27 or more.

Power: 2 x 8500 hp diesel engines with 2 x 24 cylinders in MANV12Z 32 Type 44

or 8 Daimler-Benz MB501 20-cylinder diesel engines with 8 x 2000 hp

Speed: 40km h

**: 2 x 280mm L naval guns, 1 x 128mm KWK44 L 55 guns, 8 x 20mm FLAK38 L anti-aircraft guns, 2 x 15mm MG151 15 guns.

Armor thickness: turret front 360mm turret side 220mm turret top 150mm

The front of the body is 360mm, and the side of the body is 250mm

The length of the hull is 35 meters, the width is 14 meters, the height is 11 meters, and in order to bear the huge weight of itself, the tracks on each side of the tank are meters wide, consisting of a combination of 3 sub-tracks with a width of 3 meters.

**Disposition. Two 280-mm guns were used as the main guns, one 128-mm gun, eight 20-mm FLAK38 anti-aircraft guns, two 15-mm MG151 15. The P-1000 Super Heavy Tank's power system is powered by eight Daimler-Benz MB501 20-cylinder diesel engines, one diesel engine with 2,000 horsepower and an output of 16,000 horsepower, which can propel the Super Heavy Tank to this Super Heavy Tank, and the top speed of walking is 40 km/h.