Modelcollect UA72088 1/72 WWII German Landcruiser P.1000 Ratte

Possibly the largest 1/72 scale armour model kit ever made, this gigantic model kit comes in the biggest box we have ever seen! Modelcollect releases a new tool of Germany's gigantic "dream" weapon - a super-armored tank with a battleship turret!

The Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat") was a design for a super-heavy tank for use by Nazi Germany during World War II, proposed by Krupp director Edward Grotte in June 1942, who had already named it "Landkreuzer". Submitted designs and drawings of the tank went under the names OKH Auftrag Nr. 30404 and E-30404/1, which were presented in December 1942. The tank was planned to be 1000 metric tonnes, being far heavier than the Panzer VIII "Maus", the heaviest tank ever built (weighing 188 tonnes). The project gained the approval of Adolf Hitler, who had expressed interest in the development of the tank, but was canceled by Minister of Armaments Albert Speer in early 1943.