In preparation for the Second World War, a huge number of various destruction machines were developed in Germany. Among them was a seemingly rather strange self-propelled artillery unit with the semi-official name "Sturmtiger". One glance is enough to notice a pronounced oddity in its design. The SPG has an obscenely short barrel. How did she shoot?
This ACS is called "38 cm RW61 auf Sturmmörser Tiger" or "Sturmpanzer VI". It was developed and created already at the height of the Second World War. The first "Sturmtigers" were released in 1943. The self-propelled gun received its semi-official name due to the fact that it was assembled on the basis of a heavy German tank "Tiger". Most often, tanks that were already available were simply converted into SPGs.
At first glance, the SPG has a very strange main weapon. We are all accustomed to seeing (as a rule) on such machines an artillery gun of a very representative length and caliber. In fact, there is nothing "strange" in the "Sturmpanzer VI", since the self-propelled guns shoot not from the artillery anti-tank gun, and from the ship-borne bomb "Raketenwerfer 61" caliber 380-mm with the possibility of loading rocket missiles.
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The fire was carried out by solid-propellant rockets, which escaped from the barrel at a speed of 300 m / s. The maximum ammunition load consisted of 14 high-explosive missiles "Raketen Sprenggranate". Each weighed 351 kg, containing up to 125 kg of TNT. In 1944, the Raketen Hohladungsgranate cumulative rocket weighing 345 kg also appeared. However, until the end of World War II, none of them entered the army.
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As for the "Sturmtiger" itself, then this machine did not have any significant influence on the hostilities. Produced such "monsters" no more than two dozen. For the most part, mass production failed for two reasons. The first - already in 1943, Germany began to experience a shortage of resources. Second, the military did not understand what tactical niche the new self-propelled gun was supposed to occupy. There were no specific targets for "Sturmtiger" on the field.
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