COBI Panzer VIII Maus Set (2559)

The COBI Panzer VIII Maus Set (2559) features 1605 highly detailed brick parts and colorful, easy to read detailed instructions.  The COBI Panzer VIII Maus  parts all work perfectly with LEGO and you will be impressed with the quality of COBI sets.  COBI Sets differ in that they offer many more pieces and the majority of the parts are unique to COBI.  You can learn more about the similarities and differences between COBI and LEGO here. The COBI Maus Set includes 2 figures. This is a massive set and one of War Bricks team Member David’s favorites because he likes big tanks! Both adults and brick collectors of all ages will get hours of enjoyment from this COBI Panzer VIII Maus Set (2559).

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The 2022 Version of the COBI Maus tanks features a detailed interior. This set is really big!

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How Long is the COBI Panzer Maus Set?

The COBI Maus is 15.3 Inches long.

How Wide is the COBI Panzer VIII Maus Set (2559)?

We are awaiting final width details.

How tall is COBI Maus?

The new COBI Maus tank is 5.3″ tall.

Panzer VIII Maus History:

Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (“Mouse”) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached, before the testing grounds were captured by advancing Soviet military forces. These two prototypes underwent trials in late 1944. The complete vehicle was 10.2 metres (33 ft 6 in) long, 3.71 metres (12 ft 2 in) wide and 3.63 metres (11.9 ft) high. Weighing 188 metric tons, the Maus’s main armament was the Krupp-designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 anti-tank field artillery piece also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun. The 128 mm gun was powerful enough to destroy all Allied armored fighting vehicles then in service, some at ranges exceeding 3,500 metres (2.2 mi).

The principal problem in the design of the Maus was developing an engine and drivetrain which was powerful enough to adequately propel the tank, yet small enough to fit inside it — as it was meant to use the same sort of “hybrid drive”, using an internal-combustion engine to operate an electric generator to power its tracks with electric motor units, much as its Porsche-designed predecessors, the VK 3001 (P), VK 4501 (P), and Elefant had. The drive train was electrical, designed to provide a maximum speed of 20 kilometres per hour (12 mph) and a minimum speed of 1.5 kilometres per hour (0.93 mph). However, during actual field testing, the maximum speed achieved on hard surfaces was 13 kilometres per hour (8.1 mph) with full motor field, and by weakening the motor field to a minimum, a top speed of 22 kilometres per hour (14 mph) was achieved. The vehicle’s weight made it unable to use most bridges, instead it was intended to ford to a depth of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) or submerge up to a depth of 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) and use a snorkel to cross rivers. The Maus was intended to punch holes through enemy defences in the manner of an immense “breakthrough tank”, while taking almost no damage to any components To learn more about the real tank that inspired the COBI Panzer VIII Maus Set (2559) visit Wikipedia here.

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