Key point: It was an act of desperation—and an engineering marvel. By the time the super-heavy Maus tank rolled out for its first tests in January 1944, the Nazis had — six months after Kursk — ...

The Maus’ specifications are still somewhat hard to believe. The front glacis — the sloped section beneath the turret — was a remarkable 200 millimeters thick. By the time the super-heavy Maus tank ...

From nuclear bomb-dropping space shuttles to the most gargantuan gun ever used in combat, Adolph Hitler threw every idea he could think of at the wall to see what would stick during World War II. Some ...

The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was a WWII engineering marvel - and a massive failure. Weighing 188 tons, it was the heaviest tank ever constructed. But its size made it nearly immobile, and it never ...