Forgotten Hope Secret Weapon started as a small Minimod for Forgotten Hope mod for Battlefield 1942. The original intention was to bring some crazy but really planned weapons to FH like the Ratte Tank. However after 3 years of development, Forgotten Hope Secret Weapons became the biggest mod for Battlefield 1942 with dozens of improvements for the 'old' FH0.7 FHSW gives you more than 500 new equipments, new physics (bouncing bullets and towable artillery), more maps and even more mapimprovements/-changes on FHmaps and the new nation Hungary.
Attention we got Maus over here! -Now in Forgotten Hope Secret Weapon
Posted by D*Maier on Feb 10th, 2012
Best example for a secet weapon in ww2 is the Maus tank.
Despite it's rare appearance (only 2 were build, none entered combat) it's pretty famous.
And with 188t the heaviest tank build ever. Perfect fits in FH-Secret Weapon

arnament: 1x 128mm KwK44 L/50 (same gun in the Jagdtiger)
1x 75mm KwK44 L/36.5
1x 7.92mm MG34
1x close defense (heat launcher)
3x pistol port (for Mp40)
armor: 200mm front, 180mm sides and rear, 100mm (60mm on turret) top
ingame tactics: + prenetration of the hull with artillery less than 100mm is impossible
+ anti-tank weapons for infantry are useless against the hull
+ infantry can not climb on tank, cause of the high profile
- weakpoint under the front hull (at-infantry can hide and attack here)
- the towers top is weakpoint, perfect target for planes
- it is so slow that attacks are rather senseless (it's a rolling bunker)
historical info: Porsche became order on 21.March 1942 to design a 100t-tank.
While the armor got even stronger and heavier during development, motorisation
remained a big problem. Results were a maximum speed of 20 km/h on streets and
13 km/h on terrain, as well as a consumption rate of 2525 liter per 100 kilometer.
Despite being named as Pzkpfw. VIII, it never got over the prototype phase.
The original name was VK7001/ Porsche Type 205. 160 Maus were planned,
Type 205/1 without turret and 205/2 with turret were build,
5 more were under construction. Type 205/2 was blown up in the testfield,
before soviet troops found it. The red army put the tower of 205/2 on the
mantlet of 205/1 and tested it in kubinka 1945/46. It's exposed in the museum.
In conclusion the Maus was a wrong way in tank development. Much like the american T-28.
Super-heavy tanks are useless in modern mobile war. To slow for attacks, retreats and an easy target for planes.
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Strong tank
Thanks for the news, Maier. Good job! :)
Sorry that I was a bit impatient.