Re: [WW] how do vehicles work?

[Sam & Max <samnmax@swbell.net>]

PEGHopler@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 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.

	The Maus is a monster alright but would make an interesting single beast for a
party to fight against. Perhaps they run into it at a remote testing site or are
ordered to get reports on the huge tank. The Maus was rail transportable
(barely) so it could have been sent to many places to test it.  The second
prototype of the Maus was supposedly blown up on the proving grounds in
Kummersdorf testing facility. But another rumor is that the real life beast saw
some action defending the base at Kummersdorf. While I seriously doubt this, the
idea of a party of players versus one massive tank that is not very mobile but
filled with loyal test drivers and gunners sounds fun. It moves slowly but isn't
too difficult to track. :) Not with over 1 meter wide treads that sank into
anything. Including concrete.
	Could be a good WWII variation of a movie called The Beast. This was about a
group of Afganis hunting a single lost Russian tank.
	There are some good pictures and such on the Auchtung Panzer pages. As well as
those spiffy armor penetration values that Mr. Hopler was so kind as to explain.
:) 
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David Heth 
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