Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. As of 2025, it is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built.

At 188 tonnes, it is the heaviest operational tank ever made by any nation at any time in any war and was made despite the shortages of raw materials, industrial capacity, and manpower at the time in Nazi Germany.

鼠式重戰車 （德語： Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus），又稱之為 八號戰車鼠式，是 納粹德國 在 第二次世界大戰 設計的超級重戰車 [3]。 德國開發超重戰車的歷史可追溯到戰前的 NbFz重戰車，1941年11月29日，因蘇軍重戰車投入實戰的威脅， 阿道夫·希特勒 在元首官邸向保時捷博士詢問了超級重戰車開發的可能 [3]。1942年克魯勃公司提出「虎鼠式」（Tiger-Maus, VK7001）重戰車以及 七號獅式戰車 （PzKpfw VII Löwe, VK7201）。 不過相關計劃在同年3月初取消，然而研 …

2016年11月25日 · Entwicklungsgeschichte und neueste Erkenntnisse zum deutschen überschweren Panzer Pz.KpfW. VIII "Maus", Teil 1. Die Maus war der schwerste jemals gebaute Pan...

The Maus is more than just a mobile pillbox - its size and armour commandeer the term 'mobile bunker' instead. The 12.8 cm cannon on the Maus has devastating effectiveness, with options between a higher-filler, lower penetrating round and the 12.8/8.8 APCBC round which has over 300 mm of flat penetration and flies a good 300 m/s faster than the ...

The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Sd.Kfz 205) was a German super-heavy tank design, and the heaviest tank to reach the complete working prototype stage in Worl...

2018年9月21日 · Their only super heavy tank model was the PzKpfw VIII Maus, and during its production in 1944-1945, two models were created that did not have the opportunity to take part in battles. At the initiative of Hitler in late 1942, the development of a “breakthrough tank” or “Porsche 205” began, protected by the maximum possible amount of ...

On May 1st of 1943, wooden mockup of the Maus was presented to Adolf Hitler, who agreed on production and ordered series of 150 to be produced. On November 4 of 1943, development of Maus was to be ceased and only one was to be completed for evaluation.

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Mouse) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Only two hulls and one turret were completed before the testing grounds were …

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Mouse) was an experimental Nazi German super-heavy tank completed in 1944. It was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle ever created, at a staggering 207 tons! The German army ordered five tanks, but only 2 hulls and a turret as well as a test turret were completed...