Nazi Germany’s Last Super Heavy Tank: The Panzerkampfwagen E-100
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Nearing the end of WWII, Germany maintained the belief that super tanks could reverse the war’s outcome and help them emerge victorious. The Panzerkampwagen E-100 was one of the super tank designs.
It had the ability to be used as a heavy artillery system platform, a heavy tank destroyer, and even an anti-aircraft vehicle.
The two tanks development had the goal to standardize the components. Adlerwerke Company from Frankfurt Auf Main submitted a blueprint in March 1944 for their super-heavy tank that they called the E-100.
This came after the initial proposal of the tank in April of the previous year.
![E-100](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E-100.jpg)
E-100 chassis
The blueprints indicated that the tank would have a 75-mm gun and a 149-mm gun. They proposed two different engines for the tank, one being a 700-hp Maybach HL230 with a Tiger II turning mechanism.It had a top speed estimated to be 23 kmh. The other option was a 1200-hp Maybach with an estimated top speed of 40kmh.
![Allied soldiers inspecting the hull of the E-100 at the factory.](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E-100_Under_Inspection-640x517.jpg)
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![Allied soldier inspecting the 12.8 KwK gun to be mounted on the E-100](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E-100_12.8cm_KwK_gun_inspection-640x428.jpg)
Prototype Pictures
![E-100prototype](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E-100prototype-640x436.jpg)
![British forces captured the prototype in 1945, shown here on a trailer.](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E-100a-640x403.jpg)
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The E-100 prototype ready to be transported to the UK
![panzerkampfwagen-e100-tiger-maus_2](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/panzerkampfwagen-e100-tiger-maus_2-640x440.jpg)
![E100_NARA_01](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E100_NARA_01.jpg)
In 1942, Krupp suggested the creation of a 150-ton vehicle as a competition model to the Panzerkampfwagen Maus, designed by Porsche. First drawings of the vehicle now designated Tiger-Maus were made by the end of 1942. Further development was stopped in 1944.
![E100_NARA_02](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E100_NARA_02.jpg)
The development of the design now designated E 100 was continued by Adler in Frankfurt beginning in March 1944.
![E100_NARA_05](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/E100_NARA_05.jpg)
The project could not be finished before the end of the war. The incompleted prototype illustrated in all three photos was captured by US forces in Haustenbeck in 1945.
![861458699fe84281412665b4f005ca1b](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/861458699fe84281412665b4f005ca1b.jpg)
This is also described as an E-100 prototype picture, however, it is the only one with tracks we’ve seen so we are not sure.
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