User blog:SPARTAN 119/Panzer VII Maus vs Object 279

The Panzer VII Maus, the 200 metric ton WWII German prototype tank that remains the heaviest armored vehicle ever built

VS

Object 279, the super heavy Soviet prototype tank designed to survive a nuclear blast wave.

=Combatants=

Panzer VII Maus
The Panzer VII Maus Heavy Tank was first proposed in 1942 and the first turretless prototype was built in 1943. A second turreted prototype was built in 1944, however, the Maus never saw action, being mechanically sabotaged by the Germans, and captured by the Russians, who eventually delivered it to the Kubinka Tank Museum. Had the Maus been built, however, it would have proven itself a formidable foe, with a proposed primary armament of 128mm gun (compared to the 88mm of the German Tiger tank), with a co-axial 75mm gun. The tank's armor reached 460mm at its thickest

Object 279
Object 279 was a Soviet prototype tank designed in 1959 to be capable of operating on a nuclear-biological-chemical battlefield and even survive the blast wave from a nuclear weapon (from a distance, anyway). The tank had a bowl-shaped body to channel blast energy away from the vehicle. The vehicle carried a 130mm main gun capable of firing discarding sabot shells that could penetrate over 400mm of armor. The tank's own armor was up to 319mm thick. The tank had four tracks in order to assist it in going over exceedingly rough terrain. In spite of its advantages, the tank was never put into production due to issues of reliability of the gearbox and its inability to cross some bridges and move in swampy areas due to its weight.

=Armaments=

Panzer VII Maus

 * 1x 128mm gun similar to the Pak 44 anti-tank gun. This weapon fired a 128mm shell at a muzzle velocity of 935 meters per second, proving itself able to pierce a little more than 200mm of armor at 1 kilometer and 148mm of armor at 2 kilometers.


 * 1x co-axial 75mm gun. I am unable to find data on the performance of the Maus' 75mm, but the 75mm on the German Panther was capable of piercing 106mm of armor at 2 kilometers and 149mm at 1 kilometer.


 * 1x 7.92mm MG34 machine gun

Object 279
Object 279 was armed with a 130mm main gun with a muzzle velocity of 1000 meters per second. The gun could fire a discarding sabot projectile capable of penetrating 450mm of armor at optimum range and impact angle. The tank also carried a 14.5mm machine gun.

119's Edge
Object 279 for its superior armor penetration, capable of piercing all but the most thickly armored areas of the Maus. =Armor (From Wikipedia)=

Maus

 * 460 mm (18 in) (in the area of the mantlet)
 * 250 mm (9.8 in) (mantlet)
 * 240 mm (9.4 in) (turret front)
 * 220 mm (8.7 in) (turret side and rear, and hull front)
 * 210 mm (8.3 in) (turret front behind the mantlet)
 * 200 mm (7.9 in) (hull front)[2] 190 mm (7.5 in) (hull side and rear)

Object 279
(at 30° - 50° from vertical) (at 45° - 75° from vertical) (at 45° - 70° from vertical) (at 45° - 65° from vertical)
 * 319 mm - 217 mm (turret front and side)
 * 269 mm - 93 mm (upper hull front)
 * 258 mm - 121 mm (lower hull front)
 * 182 mm - 100 mm (hull side)

119's Edge
The Maus for its thicker armor.

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