Post by Robert on Sept 20, 2021 17:59:24 GMT -7
I built this E-100 as what I imagined an early production tank might have looked like. I Broke the rear track when I started to take the pics (last image), so I will repair that before it goes on the shelf.
Nearing the end of WWII, Germany maintained the belief that super tanks could reverse the war’s outcome and help them emerge victorious. The Panzerkampwagen E-100 was one of the super tank designs. It had the ability to be used as a heavy artillery system platform, a heavy tank destroyer, and even an anti-aircraft vehicle. The Waffenamt ordered the basic design making it a parallel development to the Maus during June 1943. The Maus, weighing in at 188 tons, never saw military service as only two were built and only one was finished. Plans were for the E-100 to be the heaviest of the Entwicklung (E) vehicle series. (courtesy of warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/the-panzerkampfwagen-e-100)
I can see that I still need to do a bit of paint touch-up. So, it is back to the bench.
Nearing the end of WWII, Germany maintained the belief that super tanks could reverse the war’s outcome and help them emerge victorious. The Panzerkampwagen E-100 was one of the super tank designs. It had the ability to be used as a heavy artillery system platform, a heavy tank destroyer, and even an anti-aircraft vehicle. The Waffenamt ordered the basic design making it a parallel development to the Maus during June 1943. The Maus, weighing in at 188 tons, never saw military service as only two were built and only one was finished. Plans were for the E-100 to be the heaviest of the Entwicklung (E) vehicle series. (courtesy of warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/the-panzerkampfwagen-e-100)
I can see that I still need to do a bit of paint touch-up. So, it is back to the bench.