I am going to do a what if scenario dio soon and wanted some educated guesses as to which units would have recieved the Maus or similar tank. I'm guessing it would have been one of the heavy tank units, but could anyone hazard a guess at a particular one. Any thoughts or comments on the possibilities of these tanks would be appreciated, I know there was no definite action seen by these so it's pretty much artistic license but Iwould like it to be feasible.
Many Thanks
Robbo

503 sPzAbt

It's just a guess........

Nic

From the info I have, and other stuff I have seen online, the Maus wasn't envisioned as a tank in the traditional sense of the word. It was seen as a mobile pillbox. I don't see a sPzAbt getting these. I see them being used as fortifications not as offensive weapons. My somewhat educated guess would be that units would be created for their use, kind of like the railway guns were their own units. Now a panzer unit might take over the Maus's but would not be left in the normal TO&E like a traditional panzer Abtielungen, but smaller units of Maus's would have been attached to army's to serve defensive rolls, especially in the waning years of the war when defense was most important to the Germans. But it was never seen as a purely offensive weapon the way the other panzers had been. Check out achtungpanzer.com for more info on the super heavy tanks. They even have info on plans to mount two 88mm's on the mouse and a REAL super heavy tank that was envisioned for coastal defense. Look under panzer profiles and then P1000/P1500

Rob

101 of the SS

Also check out AFV interiors, it has some info and alot of reference.
Andrew

I believe in a "what if " scenario a prominant SS unit like the PzAbt 504 LSSAH would have gotton a premier weapon system like that