The E-100 was an experimental German heavy tank of the Second World War. The only prototype of the hull of this tank was built in 1943 or 1944. The car never went into serial production. The E-100 was to be equipped with one Maybach HL 230 P30 or Maybach HL 234 engine with a capacity of 700 and 800 hp. in accordance. It was probably armed with a 128 mm KwK 44 L / 55 gun and 2 MG34 cal machine guns. 7.92 mm. The E-100 prototype tank was created as part of the Entwicklungsserie, a program for the development of German armored vehicles, which was supposed to lead to a standardized design of a series of six tanks of different weights, but using as many common components as possible. . The E-100 tank in this project was supposed to be the heaviest tank based on the Pz.Kpfw VI Tiger II Ausf chassis. B. Emphasis was placed on the most powerful main armament and powerful armor - especially in the front part of the turret and hull. However, the project, despite its far-reaching progress, was abandoned in 1944, and the E-100 never went into mass production.