That would be pretty cool, and you wouldnt have much use for bridges and roads in a nuclear wasteland. So apart from the obvious limitations, I think the Germans who where ( and are) a very intelligent people must have seen that a mobile V1 launcher would have made much more sense.Īlso would the Monster have needed all that armor when it was that far behind the lines?Īnd what other battle scenario's would you imagine a tank that size would be usefull? The much smaller Maus was made to use the 128 mm KwK44 L/55 cannon, The Leopard 2A6 uses the 120mm rheinmetal smoothbore cannon, you can read about that in tank topics across this forum, but it seems a pretty effective weapon to me.īUT!! If this can be built Big Muskie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm pretty sure a tank can be built that could withstand a Nuke and keep a brigade alive for a month. With normal rockets the MLRS has a range of up to 42km against the Monster's 32km, and with cruise missiles a range of 300km. To illustrate my point that such a large vehicle is not needed: M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Click to expand.Wikipedia says about the Monster that it's purpose was to knock out fortifications on long distances.