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	Tank (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Experimentation with tank sizes reached its logical conclusion during the war, with the rather impractical German 188-tonne Maus, of which only two were ever built and never saw combat, and the 1000-tonne Ratte, of which none were ever completed.
		Paradoxically, a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flak jacket.
		Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways instead of under their own power.
	tank.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (3762 words)

	Maus
		The tank's hull was 10.1 meters long, 3.67 meters wide and 3.66 meters tall.
		One was destroyed by the Germans at Kummersdorf to prevent its capture by the Soviets, and the sole surviving Maus tank is currently in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia.
		A larger tank, the 1000-tonne Krupp P 1000 "Ratte", started construction but was cancelled before completion.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maus.html (227 words)

	Qwika - similar:Kinetic_energy_penetrator
		Tank classification can be done in a variety of ways: usually either by intended role, or by weight.
		A tank is characterised by heavy weapons and armour, as well as by a high degree of mobility that allows it to cross rough...
		T-72 battle tank layered with reactive armour bricks Reactive armor is a type of vehicle armor that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Talk:Kinetic_energy_penetrator (1433 words)

	military tanks and tank information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A tank is a tracked and armoured combat vehicle (armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire.
		Tanks were first used in World War I. The name "tank" first arose in British factories making the casings of the first battle tanks: the workmen were given the impression they were constructing tracked water containers for the British army in Mesopotamia.
		The word "tank" was then used to give the workers the impression they were constructing tracked water containers for the British army in Mesopotamia.
	www.worldwar1-history.com /Military-Tanks.aspx (1013 words)

	Kensington, Zebra, Pinnacle Imprints -- romance, fiction, nonfiction book publishers
		The Ratte was so large that it would have required naval-scale manufacturing with months of skilled laborers’ time involved in the construction of each individual tank.
		The primary armament of the Ratte was two 280mm SK C/34 naval guns mounted in a modified naval heavy cruiser turret fitting two guns instead of three.
		The Ratte was a very problematic vehicle and the size of the Ratte was responsible for most of the issues it would have encountered on a hypothetical battlefield.
	www.kensingtonbooks.com /finditem.cfm?itemid=9384 (1771 words)

	Tank classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Soviet tank designers were preparing a successor to the BT Fast Tank series, they combined its excellent mobility with thick, sloped armour and the unprecedented firepower of a 76-mm high-velocity gun.
		In short, super-heavy tanks were merely an extension of World War I ideals regarding heavy assault guns placed on self-propelled carriages, emulating the railway guns and heavy artillery of their time, and with the rise of missiles and rockets, extremely long-range guns became obsolete.
		Tank designers responded with increased armor and active armor systems, which while they do not entirely defeat this threat, require the size and weight of a missile needed to defeat a modern MBT much larger and less portable.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Main_battle_tank (4743 words)

	plot
		According to the charge sheet, the accused were armed with hand weapons and knives when they were arrested at the base.
		Col Van der Merwe said the accused were arrested on February 10 after Mr Ratte had asked Sergeant Johan Uys of the logistics department to point out weapons stores and sentry posts.
		The SA National Defence Force, members of the police's task force and reconnaissance soldiers from Phalaborwa then thoroughly prepared themselves for Mr Ratte's alleged operation to obtain the weaponry, he said.
	www.dispatch.co.za /1998/08/20/southafrica/PLOT.HTM (203 words)

	Super-heavy tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most heavy tanks suffer from problems related to tactical mobility (soft ground, crossing bridges), strategic mobility (transporting on rail or truck), reliability of mechanical components under severe stresses, and other practical problems, like the sheer difficulty of handling extremely large ammunition.
		These tanks were designed by the Nazis as a possible way of winning the war and by the allies as a way of countering any advances in Enemy armour.
		The idea of super heavy tanks died after the war however as it was proved that AFVs of this size and weight not only caused huge logistical problems but also were mechanically unreliable and ungainly when deployed in the field.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Heavy_Tank (314 words)

	Something Awful: The Internet Makes You Stupid
		In the past I have covered such exciting developments as a 2,000 ton tank called "Ratte", a number of interesting Nazi super planes, and a Russian land battleship that was as heavily armed as it was ineffective.
		When most German tanks were becoming heavier and heavier the Panther II only weighed 47 tons, which was a significant achievement at the time.
		The design of the tank called for a new Maybach diesel powerplant which would allow the Panther II a top speed almost 10 kilometers per hour faster than its predecessor and an estimated top road speed of 55 kp/h.
	www.somethingawful.com /articles.php?a=2035 (2354 words)

	World's Biggest Tank - eBaum's World Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Ratte was the next in line to wear the crown of world's biggest tank, and it made the Maus look like its namesake.
		The tank would have been propelled along on a total of six 1.2 meter wide tread assemblies, three on each side of the tank.
		The Ratte program was never officially cancelled despite the immense waste of resources it would have been if a prototype had ever been completed.
	forum.ebaumsworld.com /showthread.php?t=83155 (1490 words)

	The New American - Privatized Warfare - September 4, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ratte's three decades of military service in Rhodesia, South West Africa, and Angola with the Selous Scouts (a branch of the Rhodesian Special Forces) and the SADF have brought him none of the wealth or appurtenances of power displayed by his former protégé.
		He is a Christian soldier wedded to principle and the military code of honor, inured to the rigors of war, and possessed of singular abilities.
		While Ratte has taken no vow of poverty, he clearly prefers that condition to "selling out" -- which is exactly the path he considers Barlow to have taken.
	www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1995/vo11no18/vo11no18_unita.htm (4824 words)

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		Both the gas bottle and the fuel tank were kept in baskets on the transom.
		I have two spare petrol tanks giving a total of 18 gallons carried, which lasts several days at canal speeds, rather less time going upstream on the Thames.
		Water Ratte was a lot of fun while I owned her, the refit was hard work but the result was worth it.
	www.normanboats.co.uk /andrewswaterratte.htm (4272 words)

	Mammoth Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generally, compared to other tanks within a game, Mammoth tanks tend to be of large size, deliver intense firepower, are able to withstand a large amount of damage but are normally slow moving and have a high build cost.
		The tank was kept in working condition by an enginnering crew inside, allowing it to repair to 50% of its strength.
		The tank was perceived as a great threat to the Brotherhood of Nod, and measures were taken by the organization to prevent widespread use of this treaded monster, which included destruction of prototype models in research facilities in Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mammoth_Tank (1626 words)

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		Never build (of course) was the P1000 "Ratte" (rat), a 1000t monster with the turret of the Gneisenau Battleship/cruiser (2*28cm) and several smaller guns/flak and the P1500 which would have been a 1500t self propelled version of the 80cm railway gun "Schwerer Gustav" mentioned by MadRat.
		The tank is mounted on a landing skid.
		One of the WW2 German planned "E" series tanks was suggested to mount either a 15cm or 17cm gun (a different vehicle altogether than the Maus), but the E series were paper projects and wooden models only.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/2-13515.asp (1858 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - German Jagdpanzers
		In case of the Panzer III, tank production stopped, but with hundreds of StuGs being produced every month, there was no real reason to stop production and change it to another platform, particularly not since the only possible candidate was the Panzer IV chassis, which was in fact inferior.
		The Hetzer is a one off, as the tank chassis on which it was based had long since ceased to be a viable platform for a tank when the Hetzer entered production.
		Basically, the Sturmgeschütz filled the same role as the infantry tank in the British Army, the infantry support tanks in the French Army (up to 1940) or the independent tank battalions and tank-destroyer battalions in the US Army.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6026 (2093 words)

	Soviet-Empire.com Archive :: View topic - Favorite Tank
		The first time the Russian's encountered this tank, their platoon of eight tanks who had the honour were completely crushed by the nine T-34's they encountered, as their 40mm turrets had no effect.
		Also the latest Merkava tank (Mark 4 I believe?) is supposed to be very good, though with its engine in the front it would be a good target for heat seeking weapons.
		The tank was armed with a 130 mm M-65 gun and a coaxial 14.5 mm KPVT machine-gun.
	www.politicsforum.org /soviet/viewtopic.php?t=4115 (2149 words)

	P1000
		There are some anomalies in the design of Ratte, as depicted.
		The ammount of track in contact with the ground is inconsistent with the weight of 1000 tons, either it will have a rediculously low ground pressure, meaning that all that track is not necessary; or it will be heavier than 1000 tons.
		If Ratte was built, it would probably end up closer to 2000 tons.
	members.tripod.com /~fingolfen/superheavy/p1000.html (416 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: people/r/ratte.willem/press/afp.970807
		> Willem Ratte and 11 other right-wingers were arrested in >February after trying to steal RPG-7 anti-tank rockets and 81 mm >mortars from a military base, sources close to the case told the >Sunday Independent newspaper.
		> Ratte, a former soldier who led a reconnaissance unit in the >apartheid army in the 1970s and 1980s, embarked on a 54-day hunger >strike last year to demand that people who committed crimes in >defence of apartheid be given unconditional amnesty.
		> Ratte is currently being held in the maximum security section of >Pretoria prison with well-known killers such as confessed police hit >squad boss Eugene de Kock and the two assassins of African National >Congress leader Chris Hani, Janus Waluz and Clive Derby Lewis.
	www.nizkor.org /ftp.cgi/ftp.py?people/r/ratte.willem/press/afp.970807 (374 words)

	ARMORED WARFARE: Streetfighters Wish List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The tank commander and loader have to leave themselves vulnerable to enemy fire while they are operating their machine-guns.
		Marine flame-thrower tank (dragon) firing a load of napalm in to a house that is full of NVA soldiers that have been firing a B-40 rockets, RPG's and sniping at grunts.
		Before you all get carried away rebuilding the tank into a specialized urban assault vehicle, keep in mind the idea is to keep the basic tank for use(Syria, Iran or China or whomever) in their traditional role, yet provide a modification kit to enhance it's use in urban warfare.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1365733/posts (4890 words)

	Presentatio help - Point of Existence Forum
		one idea: Tank commanders! average life of tank commanders, where they were stationed on the tank (ie, the top of the turret looking out), etc. should make a good paragraph
		Oh and tanks like the P-1000 Ratte and P-1500 Monster, that were the biggest tanks ever concieved, however, were never honestly considered.
		The reason for this was often tanks would identify targets based on their silhouette, well before they could see any markings.
	www.pointofexistence.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5041 (755 words)

	We have Naval Aircraft Carriers, and flying Aircraft carriers... why not huge land-based aircraft carriers? \| Gas ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This tank would of needed a 30-man crew to be operational.
		Ratte was never build, was supposed to mass over 1000 tons, not 100, and packed 280mm cannons that would turn Abrams into a crater.
		The ratte would of had a battleship turret mounted to it.
	garage.gaspowered.com /?q=node/482 (1859 words)

	Achtung Panzer! - P 1000/1500 / PzKpfw IX/X (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		P 1000 would be armed with a variety of weapons such as: two 280mm gun (naval gun used in Scharnhorst and Gneisenau warships), single 128mm gun, eight 20mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft guns and two 15mm Mauser MG 151/15 gun.
		PzKpfw X was to be wider but lower than Maus and was to be surely armed with 88mm or even 128mm gun.
		According to the latest research it appears that those two modern looking tanks were not even considered by the designers but instead were propaganda sketches published in the "Signal" magazine in 1944, to misinform the Allies about the German tank development.
	www.achtungpanzer.com.cob-web.org:8888 /p1000.htm (480 words)

	Ratte (tank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At over 1800 metric tons (One million, eight hundred kilograms, or 2.2 million pounds), the P-1000 would have been over five times heavier than the Maus, the largest tank ever actually built.
		Its primary weapons would have been two 280 mm guns mounted in the same type of gun turret used in Gneisenau class warships.
		An even heavier device, the P-1500 "Monster", was in the very early stages of design when both projects were cancelled.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Ratte_(tank) (290 words)

	Maus Tank blown up by Canadians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It would appear that a Maus tank was actually engaged and destroyed by Canadian forces during the last days of the Reich.
		Apparently a Maus tank was rushed into the Western front near the Rhine to hold up the advancing Canucks.
		They would connect both tanks by a large long electrical cable, The first tank would enter the river running off the power from the 2nd tank, once the first tank was through (if) then the second tank would enter the river running off the power of the 1st tank.
	forums.army.ca /forums/index.php?topic=49595.0;all (2027 words)

	Maus Tank - Panzer 8 Supertank WW2 (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The initial plan for the Maus tank was for the prototype to have been completed by the summer of 1943, with monthly production scheduled to run at five vehicles per month after delivery of the prototype.
		The Maus tank was originally designed to weigh approximately 100 tons and be armed with a 128 mm main gun and a 75 mm co-axial secondary gun.
		The crew would receive air through a large snorkel, which was sufficiently long for the tank to go 45 feet (13 m) underwater.
	www.battle-fleet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /pw/his/maus_panzer8.htm (1081 words)

	Ningyoushi News » Blog Archive » Upcoming book…My Tank is Fight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Zack Parsons is adapting and expanding his series of articles that look at the most bizarre inventions of the Second World War with a generous portion of humor.
		The P. 1000 “Ratte” - A German super tank so large that it used a cruiser turret with two huge naval cannons.
		The Seeteufel Submarine - A midget submarine with tank treads that could drive on land or along the bottom of rivers.
	www.ningyoushinews.com /index.php/2005/08/19/upcoming-bookmy-tank-is-fight (363 words)

	188 ton Maus Tank From World War II [Archive] - Military Photos
		Consider the required size of the tank, number of crew, weak armor and shot traps due to all the turrets.
		It was 188 tons, armed with a 150mm main gun to easily destroy in enemy tank it might encounter and a 75mm coaxial gun to destroy lesser targets.
		Its armor was between 50mm and 200mm thick, which made it invulnerable to most tank and anti-tank armament then in use.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-25726.html (2394 words)

	Command & Conquer Generals Units FAQ - IGN FAQs
		A tank of such size would be a logistical nightmare to support and would be too heavy and large for even some roadways to support (when making Goldeneye, a major concern was the damage drivng a tank around St. Petersburg would inflict on the roadways, possibly dropping the tank into the sewer).
		This 'land cruiser' would have had 2 280 mm naval guns as [its] armnament and be powered by 2 engines with a maximum of 17,000 HP (not a typo).
		The Crusader may be the original M1 Abrams with the smaller 105 mm cannon (as opposed to the 120 mm cannon of the M1A1 and M1A2), though that still doesn't seem likely given the turret's proportions once again.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/387/387770p1.html (4237 words)

	Wespe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was based on the Panzer II tank.
		In 1940, during the Battle of France, it was apparent that the main tank of the German forces, the Panzer II, was unsuitable as a direct combat vehicle; though mechanically sound, it was both under-gunned and under-armoured.
		Thus, when the need arose for a self-propelled artillery vehicle, the Panzer II was a natural choice, removing the vehicles from frontline service and extending their useable lifespan.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/wespe (251 words)

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