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The animations I used are from the following channels: • The P.1000 Ratte - Germany's Colossal... • Nazi Super Tank - P-1000 Ratte - [ The... It's no secret that during World War II, the Germans were dedicated to producing some of the largest tanks ever seen in history, but how big is big enough? The first Tiger already weighed over 50 tons, the Tiger II reached 69, the Jagdtiger, the heaviest armoured vehicle to go into production, weighed 72 tons, and while these are exorbitant figures, both for its time and today, the ridiculously heavy vehicles do not end here if we look at the unfinished developments, which would make even the Maus look small, and the prototypes I am talking about exceeded the 188 tons of the German Mouse by far, and of course, I am referring to the P 1000 Ratte and the P 1500 Monster, two authentic disproportionate beasts that were not able to escape the drawing board. Welcome dear viewers to a new installment of Friday afternoon's raw confrontation, where we will learn the story of two megalomaniacal projects that from their simple idea already announced the practical impossibility of being carried out, but it is worth asking, What were these ideas intended to achieve and why did they end up being discarded? Join me to discover the answers to these questions. You are accompanied by your host Der Ausländer, and hold on to whatever you can because we are about to begin. Chapters: Introduction: 0:00 Conception: 1:40 P1000 Ratte: 3:51 P1500 Monster: 6:37 Why were they not produced?: 8:45 Conclusion: 11:20 Credits and farewell: 12:00 I hope you enjoy the video!