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Re: [WW] how do vehicles work?



In a message dated 6/7/01 10:40:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MikeEdwR@aol.com 
writes:

<< Curiosity
 what is a Maus? >>

It was a prototype German super heavy tank that was never actually produced. 
The thing was a monster that weighed around 188 tons. Its turret mounted a 
128mm gun with a 75mm gun as a coaxial weapon (that's the size of the main 
gun on most Allied tanks). The gun could easily penetrate Allied tanks from 
ranges of 3500m or more. Luckily for Allied tankers it was too expensive and 
complicated to produce and  could barely move due to its weight, so it never 
saw action.