Pz.Kpfw. VIII Maus V2 German Super Heavy Tank

Plastic kit from VESPID MODEL, for the assembly of a German tank of the Second WW, on 1/72 scale. Includes sprues with plastic parts, assembly instructions, P.E. parts and decals.

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus ("Mouse") was a German WW II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached, before the testing grounds were captured by advancing Soviet military forces. These two prototypes underwent trials in late 1944. The complete vehicle was 10.2 metres long, 3.71 metres wide and 3.63 metres high. Weighing 188 metric tons, the Maus's main armament was the Krupp-designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti-tank field artillery piece also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun. The 128 mm gun was powerful enough to destroy all Allied armoured fighting vehicles then in service, some at ranges exceeding 3,500 metres (2.2 mi).