19FortyFive: German Panzer VIII Maus is the worst tank in history
The "worst of the worst" tanks in world history is the German Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, writes 19FortyFive.
The main disadvantage of the combat vehicle, created by 1944, the American edition called its huge mass. According to 19FortyFive, the 188-ton tank designed to fight the Soviet T-34 could not be used on most European bridges.
"It was so large that a special railway carriage had to be built to transport the prototypes, so it is unclear how the Maus tank fleet could have reached the front line at all — instead, the front eventually reached the [test] ranges," the publication says.
The publication also notes the low speed of the tank (about 13 kilometers per hour). "It's more like a massive bunker on a tracked chassis than a real tank," says 19FortyFive.
In June 2018, the publication We Are The Mighty named the Soviet (Russian) T-72 tank the worst in the world. The American publication came to this conclusion, referring to the combat experience of using the machine during Operation Desert Storm, when Iraqi T-72s fought against American M1 Abrams.
