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.

鼠式超重型坦克（德语：Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus，英语：Panzer VIII Maus，又称：八号坦克/鼠式）是由德国保时捷公司在第二次世界大战末期设计的超重型坦克，战斗全重达188吨，是当时最重的坦克。

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 ...

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 ...

2019年2月1日 · The Panzerkampfwagen Pz.Kpf.W. VIII (Sd.Kfz. 205) "Maus" (ironically named the "Mouse") was a "superheavy" tank development undertaken by the Third Reich during World War 2. This monster creation was fitted with a large and powerful main gun armament supplemented by equally powerful secondary armament and armored to the core.

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 …

2022年7月13日 · The Germans are well-known innovators, yet I can’t help wonder wonder if Nazi Germany’s weapons designers were committing a wee bit of plagiarism when they named one of their experimental heavy tanks the Panzer VIII Maus – literally, Mouse – which turned out to be the heaviest tank ever built.

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...

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...