The T-42 (also known as the TG-V) was a Soviet super-heavy tank project of the interwar period. It was developed in 1932 by the OKB -5 design bureau at Bolshevik Plant no. 232 under the direction of a German engineer-designer Edward Grote [de; ru]. Development did not advance past the stage of construction drawings and scale models.

The tank featured three-level armament positions, elongated hull to 7.5 meters, turret located in the rear, a high box section located under the turret, a running gear with high tracks that was covered by an armored skirt, and a small observation turret with a periscope and a hydraulically assisted transmission controls.

A super-heavy tank is any tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary vehicles.

超重型坦克是在二战后末期到二战后各国在 军备竞赛 中设计或制造的产物，虽然一些超重型坦克被制造出来，但其往往并不实用。 大多数的超重型坦克都缺乏机动性、策略流动性以及是机件可靠性等各种各样的缺陷，最后各国都放弃了华而不实的超重战转而开发主战坦克。 [1] 第一次世界大战，当世界上第一辆坦克出现在战场，机枪、手雷立刻失去了作用。 从此改变了战争的形式，坦克成为了陆地作战的主战装备。

2018年10月31日 · Engineers intended to power their monstrous creation through a pairing of diesel-fueled engines outputting a combined 2,000 horsepower (1,000x2). This would supply drive power to the multi-bogied track-and-wheel arrangement which incorporated the drive sprocket at the rear and the track idler at the front.

ТГ-5 — советский проект сверхтяжёлого танка массой более 1000 тонн межвоенного периода. Разрабатывался в 1931 году конструкторским бюро завода «Большевик» ОКБ-5 под руководством немецкого инженера-конструктора Эдварда Гротте.

2022年1月5日 · While working in the USSR, Grote proposed a fortress tank weighing 1000 tons and armed with battleship caliber guns.

The German engineer Edward Grotte designed a 1000t tank for the soviets called the Tank Grotte 1000t (TG-5?) It is armed with 2x305mm naval guns,bigger that Ratte's 280-mm cannons.Also,it has five 152mm KV-2 guns ,four 76-mm T-34 guns and a AA mount at the back. It is supposed to weigh 1000 tons...

yup. the russian Ratte. designed by the same person who designed the P.1000 Ratte for the germans and predates it by several years. Eduard Grotte. - TG-5 - 3D model by Giganaut (@madmailbox)

2015年9月12日 · This is my impression of how the TG-5 would look like and so here's the orthographic views of the TG-5 Tank Grotte 5. Quoted from Aviarmor and Roughly translated by me