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Explanation: In WW2, the decision-makers of Nazi Germany increasingly prioritized ‘impressive’ and increasingly heavy tanks over the more mobile designs of the Interwar period and early WW2.
Surely THIS ridiculous wunderwaffe will bring the Thousand-Year Reich victory! Do you not believe in the endsieg, TRAITOR?!
Is there some hilarious reverse size joke in German, where the “smaller” tanks are Panther and Tiger, and the huge one is Mouse?
At least I always understood it that way
Not sure, if this is a German thing, but also here in Austria we call the heavy machines often with cute names for little things.
Thought, that’s not a regional thing though
A comparison with modern and lost war tanks might be useful as tanks did grow in a useful way, too. But they are much smaller still.
The Leo 2 is similar to the tiger 2 in size and weight, being somewhat heavier, even.
It’s like looking at a family tree of the species who didn’t make it.
I remember reading about these. They got so heavy that they broke apart any roads they tried to drive down. Thank goodness that the Nazis were fucking stupid, it would be a different world if they were competent
So true - if the fascists were actually as competent as they were cruel, then things would’ve been much different today.
Though also, it doesn’t look like the fascists are any different now than they were then.
I do appreciate the irony of calling the heaviest one “Maus” …
Going to the tank museum and seeing these things for real life is insane. Especially the ones they get out and drive around.
The tank museum in Bovington is a crazy experience. The Mark I - IV tanks where you sit right next to the blazing hot engine and spinning driveshaft. Even modern Chieftains, like huge claustrophobia. And the size of the things.
The seats look so uncomfortable too. Even if padding was added, driving over some type of terrain must cause some damage to the crew.
lmao, I’m reminded of an interview with a Soviet tanker who served in WW2. The tanker in question had crewed both Soviet T-34s and Lend-Lease American Sherman tanks. Of their combat efficacy, he considered them roughly equivalent, with their own strengths and weaknesses.
But he loved the Sherman so much more because it was comparatively ergonomic and comfortable. He made special note of the pseudo-leather for the tank’s seating - something the T-34 did not have. Unfortunately for him, the infantry accompanying his unit got into the tank and stripped that seat padding to patch their boots, but it was nice while he had it. XD
