Infantry taking on tanks is a real challenge. Infantrymen are, afterall, mainly equipped with weapons primarily intended for killing enemy infantry. Anti-tank guns are large, cumbersome, and heavy and so, right from the first days of the tank in WWI, the goal has been to produce a man-portable anti-tank weapon. One of the first, the Mauser Panzergewehr M1918 was little more than a scaled up rifle designed to defeat relatively modest armor. More anti-tank rifles followed in the decades afterwards up to the first years of WW2, but they all suffered from the same drawbacks. The rifles were so large and heavy they would take at least one (often two) men to carry without being able to carry the usual accoutrements of infantry work. On top of this, the performance was relatively modest. Only thinly armored vehicles were vulnerable and anything with armor about 30 mm thick was relatively impervious to them. If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tankartfund Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/tankartfund Article: Sources: Hills, A. (To be Published 2020). British Zimmerit: Anti-Magnetic and Camouflage Coatings 1944-1947. FWD Publishing, USA British Explosive Ordnance, US Department of the Army. June 1946 Federoff, B. & Sheffield, O. (1975). Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items Volume 7. US Army Research and Development Command, New Jersey, USA Fedoseyev, S. Infantry against tanks. Arms and Armour Magazine retrieved from http://survincity.com/2011/11/hand-held-antitank-grenade-since-the-second-world/ Hafthohlladung https://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/germany/hafthohlladung33kilo.html Technical and Tactical Trends Bulletin No.59, 7th March 1944 TM9-1985-2. (1953). German Explosive Ordnance Matev, K. (2014). The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45. Helion and Company. Cappellano, F., & Pignato, N. (2008). Andare Contro I Carri Armati. Gaspari Editore Department of Tank Design. (1944). The Protection of AFVs from Magnetic Grenades Grenades, mines and boobytraps, retrieved from www.lexpev.nl/grendades/europe/germany/panzerhandmine3magnetic.html Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana. (1944). Istruzione sulle Bombe a Mano E Loro Impiego Armaments Design Department. (1946). Technical Report No.2/46 Part N.: German Ammunition - A Survey of Wartime Development - Grenades. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankEncyclop... TE Shop: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Goo... Our website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com Gaming News Website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/games/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tanksencyclo... Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanksenc Discord: https://discord.gg/3VjQ8Zq Email: tanks.encyclopedia@gmail.com An article narrated by Andrew Hills Edited by Big Turn ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCKvyuSUyMo

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??In armored terms, few tanks evoke more awe in terms of size and specifications than the Maus, a 200-tonne behemoth from the tank-stable of the even more famous Dr. Porsche. It is also no secret that there is a certain following, especially online and in the media generally, for what could, at best, be described as ‘Nazi Wonder Weapons’. It is not that any one of these ideas could have won the war for Germany, that was simply not going to happen in 1945 regardless of whatever vehicle, missile, or plane the Germans developed. What they were, however, is a reflection of the giant level of engineering and imagineering which ran amock at times in Nazi Germany. A political mindset wanting a 1,000 year Reich was also thinking huge in every conceivable area, from giant planes to super-ships, rockets, and, of course, tanks. If the Maus impressed as a 200-tonne vehicle, then imagine a vehicle 5-times that weight; a true goliath. Online, that vehicle has become known as the ‘Ratte’ (Eng: Rat), as some kind of allusion to its Maus-sized forebear, but the vehicle was less rat-sized and more landship-sized and was known under the less amusing name of ‘P.1000’. Perhaps even more surprising than its incredible weight and size was that this vehicle was not some late-war attempt to wrestle victory from defeat by overwhelming Allied superiority, but began life in the 1930s. More than that, it did not even begin life in Germany, but in the nation to become Nazi Germany’s greatest enemy, the Soviet Union. Join this channel to get access to exclusive perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2tZSN6WSAtzKLalKbflBLg/join If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tankartfund Paypal: paypal.me/tankencyclopedia Article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/137222-2/ Sources can be found in the full article linked above. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankEncyclopedia/ TE Shop: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Goodies/tanks-posters.php Our website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com Gaming News Website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/games/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tanksencyclopedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanksenc Discord: https://discord.gg/3VjQ8Zq Email: tanks.encyclopedia@gmail.com An article by Andrew Hills A script by Turn Narrated by Elrebelde 28 Video edited by Stevus Sound edited by Gabe ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p26Hew-ghk

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