Unfinished "Colossal": Why did the first German supertank scrap
During the First World War, armored vehicles were already actively furrowing the battlefield. And it was during this period that military engineers from a number of European countries came up with the idea of creating a "mobile fortress" - a super-heavy tank of enormous dimensions. Germany was among these dreamers, too, and as a result, it almost finished its project - Kolossal-Wagen. But the war ended, and the history of the "colossal tank" ended with it. Even in the spring of 1917, Germany did not abandon attempts to lure Fortune back to its side and intercept the initiative in World War I...