>Dear lord, that thing's carrying a pair of 12 inch guns, for Pete's
>sake! "Land cruiser" is a pretty mild description. (Well, around
>11.8 or so, if you want to get technical.) For sheer diameter, that's
>making a good run at battle cruiser status, although most BCs would
>mount more guns than that. Still, that is a frightening
>monstrosity to consider dealing with on a battlefield.

You think the Ratte was bad, wait til you see the specs for the P1500 "Monster":

http://members.tripod.com/~fingolfen/superheavy/p1500.html

Basically, Der Führer ordered Krupp (brains behind the "Maus" and "Ratte") to take one of his 800mm Dora E rail guns and put it on tank treads. This thing made the "Ratte" seem like a light-weight.

And that's not to mention the fact that the Nazis were working on everything from tilt-rotor aircraft, strap-on helicopter packs, hydrofoil transports, and even a manned space program. Granted, alot of it was only on paper, but a great deal more actually made it to the prototype stage before the war ended.