Comments on: Kubinka Museum says “Fuck You” to Maus Restoration Hype

By: DaReaperZ .

DaReaperZ . — Thu, 15 May 2014 18:07:17 +0000

Why? The T-35 had turrets. That’s the impressive thing. The Maus is gigantic and heavy. Everyone knows it’s not particularly effective at anything really. But when you compare both of them and see which one is more impressive to have, I just cannot for the life of me understand how you can say that the T-35 still deserves to be restored more than the Maus.

It’s not about which tank was the “best” as both of them are crap, more or less. It’s about having something impressive in your museum. In that sense, the Maus is worth more than T-35, especially since the T-35 were made in bigger numbers.

There are also very (VERY(!)) many T-34s out there already, some are even being sold for a quite “cheap” price. What would be interesting to see would be a KV-1s, IS-1/2, Panther, Tiger and Tiger IIs, rarer tanks in general, and like you said, PzIV or PzIII would be nice to see too. Almost forgot about the Su-122, Hetzer, Su-152 and JagdPanthers.

By: RedShocktrooper

RedShocktrooper — Thu, 15 May 2014 06:17:53 +0000

Ten times as heavy, ten times more breakdowns! A lot to be jealous of, no?

By: RedShocktrooper

RedShocktrooper — Tue, 13 May 2014 21:00:57 +0000

It deserves it more than Maus, but IMO neither particularly deserve it when there are T-34s, T-70s, Tigers, and Panzer IVs that deserve it more than either.

By: YourNIGHTMare

YourNIGHTMare — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:45:43 +0000

Hit the nail on the head :D

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:17:43 +0000

I guess it all depends how it dies. If it dies in the same way as the USSR, then no, it will continue on. If it dies in the same way as Nazi Germany, however…

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:16:13 +0000

Given how Belarus is basically Russia’s bitch in terms of international politics, it’s not that far from the truth.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:12:25 +0000

Um…the Maus WAS intended to actually be used, specifically as a ‘mobile pillbox’ to defend the Atlantic Wall. Unfortunately, the second prototype was completed too late to be used in that capacity, and so Germany canceled its development in 1944.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:09:47 +0000

The T-35 was just as big of a failure, if not even more of one. The Maus’ biggest flaw was being too heavy, but it was a sound concept on paper besides that. The T-35, however, was flawed in concept AND in practice, largely due to the completely pointless multiturret design they decided to go with. The only reason it accomplished anything more than the Maus was because the USSR was in a position to be able to build them, while Germany struggled to build two prototypes, one of which only had a dummy turret made of concrete on it.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:03:20 +0000

There’s countries that are way worse than the US, you know.

By: Not_me

Not_me — Tue, 13 May 2014 08:45:19 +0000

pls dont give it to americans, it was terrible what they have done to that Ferdinant…