As crazy as the final vehicle turned out, the Maus had the potential to be a whole lot crazier. Compared to the idea of slapping a mini-turret on top of the existing one, the idea of a cupola with an AA machinegun seems downright reasonable. I mean, once you get over the incredibly limited vertical traverse angles that would have made it work quite poorly against aircraft.
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Via Yuri Pasholok.