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The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' E-100 (Gerät 383) (TG-01) was a German super-heavy tank design developed near the end of World War II. It was to also be the basis for a heavy artillery system, an anti-aircraft vehicle, and a heavy tank destroyer. However, the development of these last was never started due to the end of World War II, by which time only the E-100's chassis was partially completed. It was shipped to the United Kingdom for testing, and was later scrapped. ==Development== The basic design was ordered by the ''Waffenamt'' as a parallel development to the Porsche ''Maus'' in June 1943. It was the heaviest of the ''Entwicklung'' (E) series of vehicles, meant to standardize as many components as possible. There was going to be an E-5, E-10, E-25, E-50, E-75 and finally the E-100. In November 1942, Krupp suggested a design weighing 155 tons, compared to the 188 tons of the Maus - but still using the Maus turret. In December 1942, Krupp suggested a design weighing 130 tons which used many of the same components as the Tiger tank with Maus turret — referred to as the "Tiger-Maus". Weight savings were to be from thinner armour, and narrowing and shortening the vehicle. In 1944 Hitler ordered the development of super heavy tanks to stop, work on the E-100 however continued at a very low priority with only three Adler employees available to assemble the prototype. The prototype had a HL 230P30 engine and Olvar transmission fitted. The HL 230 was the same V-12 engine and that was used on the Tiger II and Panther tanks. It was suitable for the 45-tonne Panther, underpowered for the 70-tonne Tiger II, and grossly under-powered for a 140-tonne design. The chassis of the prototype was virtually completed however it lacked a turret that would have been fitted with the 15 cm KwK 44 gun. The final version was to be powered by an HL234 producing 850 hp mated to a Mekydro transmission. A 17 cm KwK 44 was proposed as the final armament. Suspension was to be the externally mounted Belleville Washer type.〔 The hull had sloped armor, typical of post-1943 design. Wheels were overlapped, similar to the Tiger II and Panther tank, and no longer interleaved as with the ''Schachtellaufwerk'' suspension of the original Tiger I. The first prototype was never completed and was found by the 751st Field Artillery Battalion of the American forces on the factory floor on April 22, 1945 in Bad Lippspringe, Germany. The partially completed vehicle was removed by the British Army for evaluation and then scrapped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panzerkampfwagen E-100」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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