19.01.2011, 09:57
In game, it would be a kind of land-based battleship. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what this tank was projected to be.
As you can imagine, Hitler was enthusiast with this idea, dreaming of these beasts rolling over whole enemy divisions. But engineers and tank experts took very little to realize that the "Landkreuzer" would have never been anything more than a draw on paper.
In fact, despite any effort in the design, the concept itself with such a large tank would prove totally useless on the field:
-Extremely difficult and expensive to build and maintain;
-Very slow (let alone the fuel consumption!);
-No bridge could resist under its weight, nor could roads, and it couldn't move but on very solid, open and flat terrain;
-A big fat target for enemy planes.
As you can imagine, Hitler was enthusiast with this idea, dreaming of these beasts rolling over whole enemy divisions. But engineers and tank experts took very little to realize that the "Landkreuzer" would have never been anything more than a draw on paper.
In fact, despite any effort in the design, the concept itself with such a large tank would prove totally useless on the field:
-Extremely difficult and expensive to build and maintain;
-Very slow (let alone the fuel consumption!);
-No bridge could resist under its weight, nor could roads, and it couldn't move but on very solid, open and flat terrain;
-A big fat target for enemy planes.