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[theta0123]

tbh i wish they made the P1000 ratte

it would have ended the war far sooner and we would have had an AWESOME museum piece today

[F34rmen00bz]

I love how people fear about the Ratt when the Maus was pretty much a complete failure  

[Calculon]

I look at it this way, the Germans could not put together an engine and drive train combination with enough power to move a Tiger 2 around without being prone to failure. How in the hell can you expect them to then do it for the much heavier Maus let alone the Ratte?

The reality of the situation at the end of the war was that Germany had no resources to build these things.

[xthetenth]

Calculon, on Jan 18 2011 - 21:38, said:

I look at it this way, the Germans could not put together an engine and drive train combination with enough power to move a Tiger 2 around without being prone to failure. How in the hell can you expect them to then do it for the much heavier Maus let alone the Ratte?

The reality of the situation at the end of the war was that Germany had no resources to build these things.

That's actually the easy bit. Swipe them from naval development. They're actually decent engines for this purpose because you aren't using their hilariously shit "we're going to up the steam pressure but have no idea how, and make a maze of piping so when it does fail it burns through a lot before we find it" steam plants. The real problem was that it's a massive amount of stuff to haul around and they had enough problems with transmission and the like. Those they can't swipe. Naval reduction gears aren't a land gearbox. Then you have to worry about ground pressure. The real problem is the idea itself makes no goddamn sense and pretty much can't be made to work.