March 9th, 2008, 08:25 PM
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STURMTIGER - RARE FILMING IN ACTION!!
- STURMTIGER - RARE FILMING IN ACTION!!
- THIS IS THE ONLY KNOW FILM IN EXISTENCE OF A STURMTIGER in action. Take during the Warsaw assault in 1944 - Includes slow motion film of the rocket which you can clearly see leaving the barrel.
This extremely rare vehicle was a SP 38cm mortar on a Tiger I chassis. Hull was unchanged and a large box superstructure was added. The short barreled mortar projector fired a massive 761 Ib. shell up to 18,000 feet. The design was unusual in that the projectile was rocket assisted and the gun tube had vents in the wall to expel propellant gases forward. An attached crane was used to breech load the projectile. It was intended for street warfare or operations against heavily fortified defenses.The Army mounted the weapon on the Tiger I Ausf B chassis as an assault gun. In December of 1944, 7 Sturmtigers participated in the Ardennes offensive but were thoroughly unsuited and unable to keep up with the Panzer IV and Panther tanks and, as such, made only a modest contribution. Some 18 Sturmmorser Tigers were produced in 1944 from damaged Tiger I tanks.
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