Why Gaijin Removed The Maus

When I made my video on War Thunder's upcoming battlepass reward vehicle, the M6A2E1 experimental American heavy tank, there were quite a few unhappy comments. A lot of people are confused as to why, in 2019, a bunch of German tanks were removed by Gaijin. These included the Panther II, Tiger II 10.5cm, Coelian, and Maus. It's said that they were all removed for being prototype vehicles, but this isn't the case, as I explain in the video.

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[panzerkampfwagenviiimaus]

Don't worry guys i not the game, but will always be in your hearts

[le_combattant]

Maus: 7.7
Leopard 7.3

Me : "Gaijin, where is the logic ?'"
Gaijin: yes KOMRAD

[frankdrebin]

Someone said that Spookston's Historically Accurate video about the Maus was the reason why it was removed.

[ledhceb]

Wut? No Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte? A perfectly balanced, historically accurate tank!

[conorbrownell]

2017- I wonder how long it’ll be until Gaijiin reworks the BR system...

2021- I wonder how long until I decide to stop playing this shit

[Мишаня-ун]

"Maus is impenetrable in downtier"
Meanwhile T95 with even more frontal armor on 7.0

[mynamejeff]

"In a down teir it faces tanks that couldnt even penetrate it"

*laughs In killing maus with a t34 57*

[roccetryan]

"To keep new people from being frustrated when getting it" Ah yes, cause new players (and basically every player) are not being frustrated every game nevertheless.

[jagerfuchs]

Although the panther II wasn’t made, it looks sick af

[darkstock]

Honestly the Panther ll is a missing gap in Germany’s Medium tank line up. You jump from a 6.0 Panther to a 7.3 Leopard. With the Tigers it’s 5.3, 5.7, 6.3, 6.7

[allysohnz]

Hope you're all having a good day

[chasebh]

playerbase : why did you remove the maus?
gaijin : *money*

[dalliskal]

Why did they remove the mouse

The answer: they want to see the world burn





Edit: i know i said mouse instead of maus

[water]

Ah yes, historical accuracy. When the Italian R3 Warthogs flew in at 120km/h and decimated entire divisions of Panzer IV's and T-34's while having pilots with lemming brains.

[Cris-xygi]

Oh man, I remember *that* shitshow...

The memes were hilarious, but the community was in chaos lmfao

[TARmeow]

last time i was this early the Maus was still in game

[topbanana.]

I was actually fine with not being able to pen it from the front and having to work my way round the side to take it down. It was really fun

[erikfaringer]

4:11 That subtle tone change though. Man's really giving diction on the bottomline of this topic.

[vinex]

If the Maus is unplayable ? Why did Gaijin not use the same methode they use on the Ha-Go, FCM36 and H35 ? Being able to unlock the Maus after unlocking rank 6, so you are not forced to play it and have the choice to unlock it.
Would have make more sense than to just traight up remove the poor thing from the game ._.

[anderlillemaa]

I'm not sold. Gaijin has purposefully made the whole game more frustrating for money and I don't think one tank, that isn't even the worst one to balance, would be an issue for them for this reason, especially since it's amongst the most iconic vehicles ever built.