E-100 | |
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![]() E-100 Chassis | |
Type | Super-heavy tank |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Henschel |
No. built | 1 partial prototype |
Specifications (Planned) | |
Mass | 123 metric tons (combat loaded)[1] |
Length | 11.07 m (36.3 ft) (w/ gun) 8.73 m (28.6 ft) (w/o gun) |
Width | 4.48 m (14.7 ft) |
Height | 3.38 m (11.1 ft) |
Crew | 6 |
Armor | 150–200 mm (5.9–7.9 in) (hull front)[1] 120 mm (4.7 in) (hull sides)[1] |
Main armament | 128mm KwK 44 L/55 gun |
Secondary armament | co-axial 75mm KwK 44 L/24 gun 7.92mm MG34 |
Engine | supercharged Maybach HL232, Maybach HL230 (prototype) 1,200 hp (890 kW), 700 hp (520 kW) (prototype) |
Transmission | Maybach Mekydro, Maybach OLVAR OG 40 12 16 B (8 forward and 4 reverse) (prototype), front drive sprockets |
Suspension | Independent coil springs, with dampers on the 1st, 2nd and 8th roadwheels |
Operational range | 160 km (99 mi) road 100 km (62 mi) cross-country |
Maximum speed | 40 km/h (25 mph), 23 km/h (14 mph) (prototype) |
The Panzerkampfwagen E-100 (Gerät 383) (TG-01) was a German super-heavy tank design developed towards the end of World War II. It was the largest of the Entwicklung series of tank designs which was intended to improve German armored vehicle production through standardization on cheaper, simpler to build vehicles. By the end of the war, the chassis of the prototype E-100 had been partially completed; it was shipped to the United Kingdom for trials, but was later scrapped.