Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. As of 2025, it is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built.

At 188 tonnes, it is the heaviest operational tank ever made by any nation at any time in any war and was made despite the shortages of raw materials, industrial capacity, and manpower at the time in Nazi Germany.

鼠式超重型坦克（德语：Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus，英语：Panzer VIII Maus，又称：八号坦克/鼠式）是由德国保时捷公司在第二次世界大战末期设计的超重型坦克，战斗全重达188吨，是当时最重的坦克。

2025年2月15日 · The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, is infamous among WW2 tank historians. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche and manufactured by Krupp, this super-heavy tank was intended by Hitler to be the ultimate armored fighting vehicle.

Hitler’s ego spawned the Panzer VIII Maus, the largest (and most futile) tank design ever built. It became the "maus that never roared."

2018年9月21日 · The original plans to create 10 PzKpfw VIII Maus tanks on Hitler’s orders were terminated, due to lack of production capacity, so the Germans failed to test the Maus tanks in battle. In April 1945, as the Soviet Red Army approached, the German command decided to destroy the prototypes.

2020年10月27日 · The Maus is an easily recognisable vehicle, marking the largest and heaviest production tank of WW2. At nearly 200 tonnes, the Maus, fully loaded and ready for combat, was a feat of engineering which lacked a purpose by the time it was finished.

Panzer Maus, armed with 12.8-cm-KwK L/55 as well as a 75-mm-L/36 and a 20-mm cannon coaxial. The prototype V2 without a turret, called Maus II, started trials in September 1944, but the engine was destroyed in an accident and could not be replaced before April 1945.

The Panzer VIII Maus was a super-heavy tank that was developed by Germany during World War II, albeit not put into mass production, for a variety of reasons, notably its excessive size and production costs. The Maus had a Daimler MB509 V12 …

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Mouse) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built.