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Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus [ Reconstructed ]

This mod is a revivification of Blackwood’s BW-Panzer-VIII found here:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1099867409

Which in itself originally was an arma 2 mod by "daman3".

I have reconstructed the mod and made it standalone. You do not need Iron Front to use this.

I have rebuilt the weapons for the Maus in accordance with what research I could find on the interwebs.
The big boom gun has a custom firing sound, because reasons.

It’s weapons are:

128mm KwK 82 L/55, firing the following ammunition:

128x869mmR 12,8/8,8 PzGr.TS. An 88mm sabot AP shot, 20 rnds
128x869mmR APC PzGr, HEAT, 20 rnds
128x869mmR APCBC-HEAT PzGr.43 Improved HEAT, 20 rnds
128x869mmR Sprgr. L/5, HE, 8 rnds

68 rounds total


75mm KwK 44 L/36.5, Coaxially mounted, firing the following ammunition:

75×243mmR Sprgr. 34, HE, 50 rnds
75×243mmR Hl.Gr 38C, Hollow Charge, 40 rnds
75×243mmR K.Gr.Rot Nb., Smoke, 10 rnds

100 rounds total


7.92mm MG34, Coaxially mounted.

250rnd belts, 3000 rounds total.

Since the Maus was a 188 ton behemoth, it was intended to ford rivers. I have given it underwater traverse capability with a large air supply to represent this.

In addition, as a bonus in my research it appears that there was even some preliminary work on the next version, dubbed Maus II. I have created this variant with the following fictional weapons:

15cm KwK 85 L/46. The intended length for the proposed 150mm gun was 38 calibers, but I extended that to 46 to equal to the same 128mm L55 barrel length. I also made up the following ammunition based on early concept work, reduced from the original 68 128mm capacity to 56 rounds:

149.1x960mmR Granate 19 Rot Beton, Anti-Concrete shell. Functions as an AP shot, 10 rnds
149.1x960mmR APCBCHE-T, Armor Piercing Capped, Ballistic Capped, High Explosive with Tracer, 20 rnds
149.1x960mmR SAP, Semi Armor Piercing, 10 rnds
149.1x960mmR HL-Granate, Hollow Charge, 8 rnds
149.1x960mmR Sprenggranate, HE, 8 rnds


75mm KwK 44 L/36.5

Same Ammunition load as original Maus


7.92mm MG42 Coaxially mounted. MG upgrade with a faster fire rate.

250rnd belts, benefiting from some ammunition rearrangements, 5000 rounds total


Caveats / flaws:

The model is binarized or otherwise unopenable by me, I could not edit it.
Therefore there are several things to be aware:
The tracks sink into the ground.
I tried several ways to implement the hitpoints for the various areas of the tank (hull, L track, R track, etc) without success, so the tank functions as damage across all systems.
The commander view has some clipping issues.
I have wedged the driver and the gunner inside (cannot turn out) but so far I have been unable to force the same on the commander. Turning out makes the commander clip partially outside the tank.
There is a phantom muzzle flash on the 75mm muzzle.
I’ve tried several methods to force a damaged and/or destroyed texture on the tank, to no avail. It appears to not have its hiddenselections setup.
I have darkened the texture and added some scratches for additional detail.

Probably lots more work to iron out.

Cheers!




Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/panzer_maus.php