Tanks are the undisputed heavy hitters of the battlefield, designed to deliver devastating firepower and protection. But some ...

The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was one such weapon. It was impractical and also huge — so huge it holds the record for the heaviest fully-enclosed tank ever built.

The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus was one such weapon. It was impractical and also huge — so huge it holds the record for the heaviest fully-enclosed tank ever built. The Maus weighed 180 metric tons.

World War 2 saw many major military innovations. However, one German tank concept ended up too gargantuan to function. Here is the story of the Panzer Maus.

in march 1945, the soviets reach germany and discover two abandoned maus tanks close to kummersdorf. they would go on to test the maus, but concluded that it had little practical use.

Lots of tanks have been and continue to be built along these lines. Although it ended up being terribly impractical, the massive Panzer VIII Maus tank used in World War II weighed a whopping 188 tons.