Most unsuccessful weapon of World War II

The most unsuccessful weapon of the Second World War is the German super-heavy tank MAUS (“mouse”), the Soviet 37-millimeter mortar and the American single-charged smooth-bore Liberator gun (“Liberator”) recognizes the “military-industrial courier”.

The lack of MAUS intended for the breakthrough of fortified defensive strips, call the protracted work on its creation, as a result of which the first test of the tank took place only in October 1944, after which the Führer of the Third Reich Adolf Hitler ordered to roll over the machine.

Soviet mortar VM-37, which could be used for digging the trenches, during the war of the USSR and Finland demonstrated extremely low efficiency, since “Mina flight range is insignificant, and a fragmentary effect is weak, especially in winter, when almost all fragments Just stuck in the snow. “

Cheap and actually one-time American liberator gun “allowed an effective shooting almost only in the focus.” “It is difficult to imagine a fighter, the consonant approach the invoice for the shot to stop, and then, looking at the comic, recharge it for the next shot,” writes the publication.

In March, the best Russian weapon was named in the publication of The National Interest, which should take part in the Victory Parade: T-14 T-14 Tank, Fifth Generation Fighter Su-57, VSS C-400 “Triumph”, Hypersonic Aviation Rocket Complex 9-A-7660 “Dagger” and Tank T-90m.

/Media reports.