The Rat

"Hitler's fantasies sometimes shift into the gigantic"- Heinz Guderian,1943

This is a 1:100 model of the Krupp Ratte Tank.

Huge thanks to Buchnerb , http://www.thingiverse.com/Buchnerb/about, not only did he commit over 120 hours of printing time and about 6 pounds of plastic to test print but he also offered allot of advice for improving the turret design.

the 128mm turret and 20mm flak guns are from bergmans packs

Most of the details pertaining to this tank are pure speculation. Thus I took some liberties when creating the model. I designed 2 turrets. 1 ,the Ausf A, represents the planned prototype turret that would have been taken directly from the battleship Gneisenau. The second turret, Ausf B, represents a theoretical newly produced turret. I put 2 dowel holes in the hull. 1/4" diameter by 10" long(+ tolerance).This should help align the parts properly

History:
The development history of the Ratte originated with a 1941 strategic study of Soviet heavy tanks