The first Maus prototype is carefully maneuvered around the Alkett plant in Berlin in late 1943.
The sheer size of the 188 ton Maus is clear. It would have made a formidable, if impractical, asset for the Germans if it had entered production.
❓𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞?
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Hungary operated 139 41.M Turan IIs, from mid 1943. The Hungarian 2nd Armoured Field Div. used it against the Soviet Debrecen Offensive Operation in autumn 1944 but it was outclassed by the T-34/76, and T-34/85. Despite some success, Hungarian and German losses were heavy.
This day in 1885, birth of American general George S. Patton.
Patton saw combat during 1916's Pancho Villa Expedition, Mexico, World War I and II, were he commanded the 7th and US 3rd Army to victory.
Severely injured in an auto accident, he died in Germany, 1945. #WW2
This day in 1941, German Army Group Centre begin the advance to Moscow, called Operation Taifun (Typhoon).
Moscow would never be reached, the German advance halted some 30-25 km away from the capital. #WW2