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The Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe (Lion) was a design for a super-heavy tank created by Krupp government during World War II. The project initially code-named VK 7001 (K) never left the drawing board and was dropped in March 5/6th 1942 in favor of the heavier Panzer VIII Maus.The Löwe was designed in two variants (both had crew of five): Leichter Löwe – weight of 76 tons 100 mm frontal armor rear-mounted turret 105 mm L/70 high velocity gun and a coaxial machine gun top speed 27 km/h.