Tanks.
Cruel Machines of war.
Engines of hate turned into sporting tools.
Ōarai Girls faces a cruel choice, due to alleged "Budget Cuts" in MEXT, the school is now on the chopping block for closure.
With the situation already desperate, the stude...
Was sent to the lower part of Germany, near the (nearly non-existent) city of Stuttgart.
It had been reduced to twisted rubble a while ago by the unrestricted nuclear bombardment campaign,
Once the allies actually figured out how to make atomic bombs, they started making them in masse.
It was a cold and brutal kind of bomb, but not enough to make Germany surrender.
Fuel was desperately low,
Meaning Otto had almost nothing to do, his new tank sitting with an empty fuel tank for days on end.
But however, his orders were now different,
He was going to rejoin the frontlines, since they were within twenty kilometers of his base,
And his vehicle was too heavy to be transported by train,
that and the fact that all of the railways had been thoroughly bombed.
His base, was a research laboratory that created new and experimental technology, the sort the Allies could only dream of.
The fuel tanks were brought by horse carriage, since trucks expended too much fuel,
"Ah good, the fuel shipment is here." He said
"Jawohl, Herr Obersturmbannfuhrer" the supply officer said, walking over to him
"May you please point me in the direction of your vehicle?" The supply officer asked
"Why certainly!" Otto said, quite happily
He was proud of his newfound tank, it was unlike anything he nor the Allies had ever seen before, it packed a massive punch, and no allied gun could scratch its enormously thick armor.
Sure it had its fair share of mechanical issues, but most of those had been fixed by now,
They rounded the concrete corners of the inside of the research complex.
And in the garage lied his tank.
Der Rote Teufel.
The Red Devil
The first of only Seven Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus Super-Heavy tanks ever built!
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Panzer VIII Maus Stats:
Engine: Daimler Benz MB517 V12, 1200 hp @ 2500 rpm
Weight: 188 metric tons (207 American tons)
Fuel consumption: .67 Miles per Gallon. (3.5 liters per kilometer)
Top speed: 22 kph (13.6 mph)
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Armament:
1x 128mm KwK 44 L/55 main gun (68 rounds)
1x 75mm KwK 44 L/36.5 coaxial (100 rounds)
1x 7.92mm MG-34 or MG-42 machine gun coaxial (1050 rounds)
Smoke/Lethal Grenade launcher mounted in turret. (Usually used for smoke)
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Armor:
Hull:
Upper Glacis: 205mm @ 55 degrees
Lower Glacis: 205mm @ 35 degrees
Upper sides: 173mm
Lower sides (armor skirt): 105mm
Inner sides (under the armor skirt): 80mm
Rear: 153mm @ 30-40 degrees
Turret:
Mantlet: 240mm rounded
Turret front: 215mm rounded
Sides: 205mm @ 30 degrees
Rear: 205mm @ 10 degrees
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The tank was getting fueled,
"Alarm! Enemy tank spotted on the outskirts of the facility!
Obersturmbannfuhrer Otto Striger! Report to your Vehicle immediately!" The loudspeaker said.
Himmler himself gave him the orders to defend the facility himself,
But who could be foolish enough to attack a secure location such as this?
Guess they were going to get a warm welcome.
An alarm blared as the doors of the hangar open, illuminating his Maus tank with a red hue,
