They would have indeed taken a terrible burden on steel supplies and other resources, not mentioning the expenses and skilled labor hours, all for for dubious operational capabilities at the end, other than a vigorous propaganda value. These behemoths came close to production but only parts were built (the turret for the first, part of the tracks for the second) until both projects were terminated by a stroke. The first had a battleship turret while the other was a gargantuan SPG fitted with the biggest piece of ordinance in the world at that time, the 800 mm "Dora" manufactured by Krupp. Probably the most outstanding of these were the Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte and the P1500 Monster. One of the few that often gets the final word, cancelling many projects that will be shown here. The Führer ideas of land battleships and other super-heavy tanks and other high-tech armament on the cutting edge of technology were all expensive as hell, as opposed to the methodical, practical and cold realism of Albert Speer. What if Germany has resisted the onslaught long enough to unleash a whole array of these deadly V-waffen ? Would have these models really turned the tide or would have these been some lousy failures engendered by a megalomaniac brain obsessed with Wagnerian ideas of "grandeur" ? Who say size doesn't matter ?Ī battle raged on production matters between Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer.
It is about bringing "what-if" operational camouflages and markings to forgotten models of the latter period of the war, that could have roamed the battlefield from 1942 to 1946 if the war had turned a different way, or just branches of programs that were not chosen in the end.
Blitzkrieg 1946 is aimed at representing non-operational tanks of the Wehrmacht, ranging from pre-production prototypes to more obscure paper projects.
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