Hitler's Lion, the Panzer VII Löwe | Cursed by Design

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Despite never being built, outside of one reported wooden mockup of the rear turreted variant, the Lowe was the first in a line of designs which led to the German super heavy tanks like the E-100 and Maus. Join me today as I do my best to break down the complex development of this design as it progressed.

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[tekiic]

Germany: No, No. This won’t do, we need something *heavier!*

Transmission: *life is pain*

[mikepette]

Oddly of all the super heavy tanks the only one that 'might" have worked was the Lowe... still what a mess...

[moai]

I like how this tank could’ve been actually decent and fairly reasonable considering German standards, but they kept increasing the standards to make it impossible to realistically design

[michaelthebarbarian]

And as crazy as the Lowe was... it was absolutely sane next to the E-100 and Maus.

[ritentajs]

soooo basically the löwe was scrapped and some of the ideas culminated in the design of the Tiger II

[dn_fka_gnsnifflesss]

Germans: Builds tanks

German transmission: guess I'll die

[michaeltelson]

This is another example of the observation: “A camel is a horse designed by committee.”

[HasvenWorld]

Kinda wish they went with this instead of the maus so we could've had it in war thunder

Edit: To everyone saying just play WoT. I know it's there. I used to play WoT. No I'm not going back to it anytime soon.

[hex]

“Thanks to my Conly Fans”

Me, hearing ‘Only Fans’ : “Your what”

[kfeltenberger]

I am amazed at how many designs the Germans condemned to using that Maybach engine. The S-Boat engine would have been ideal, from a power perspective. Good ideas destroyed by cronyism and Herr Mustache.

[darkninjacorporation]

I’ve always liked the Lowe, it had a nice rounded design compared to other German heavies. It’s like… smooth Tiger I… blursed
If gaijoob had this as an event vehicle I’d definitely need to get it

[ЦветомирИванов-ть]

From a tiger to a lion, germany making a whole zoo with these names

[MikoyanGurevichMiG]

Safe to say this design didn't get much Löwe.

[JeffTheBunnySlayer]

I have always had a soft spot for the Lowe. The designs drafted up just make it look so good - that pinched, rounded turret is a thing of beauty coming out of a country that loves their boxes with guns.

[brendonbewersdorf]

I personally love this tank design asthetically it's very pleasing to the eyes in it's WOT form

[stevemc]

Hitler: “CHECKMATE STALIN I HAVE SUPERHEAVY TANKS”

Stalin: “I have working tanks.”

Hitler: “Ah scheiße…”

[NotQuiteSteele]

I think the Lowe is the most aesthetically pleasing of the super heavy designs to come out of the war.

[Swat_Dennis]

Germany in WWII:

Hmm, that might be an okay design
Wait, we need *EVEN BIGGER*

Design fails a year later

[nocount]

Those of us who have played World of Tanks never forget that nigh-impenetrable front mantle.