Sturmtiger
Sign in to savewas a World War II German assault gun built on the Tiger I chassis and armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. The official German designation was ''''''. Its primary task was to provide heavy fire support for infantry units fighting in urban areas. The few vehicles produced fought in the Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Reichswald. The fighting vehicle was known by various informal names, among which the became the most popular.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.name
- 606/4 38 cm RW 61
- Weapon.image
- File:Sturmtiger ’19 red’ (s-n 205543) – Patriot Museum, Kubinka (38240137396).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia
- Weapon.origin
- Nazi Germany
- Weapon.type
- Heavy assault gun
- Weapon.service
- August 1944–1945
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.suspension
- torsion-bar
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 380 mm RW 61 rocket launcher L/5.4 (14 rounds)
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 1x 7.92 mm MG 34
- Weapon.armour
- max. 150 mm (superstructure front, at 47° from vertical) min. 62 mm
- Weapon.engine
- Maybach HL230 P45 V-12, water-cooled gasoline
- Weapon.crew
- 5 driver radio operator loader 2nd loader commander / gunner
- Weapon.engine_power
- 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 10.77 PS/tonne
- Weapon.designer
- Alkett
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Article
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- Development
- Design
- Armour
- Armament
- Combat service
- Survivors
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
was a World War II German assault gun built on the Tiger I chassis and armed with a 380mm rocket-propelled mortar. The official German designation was ''''''. Its primary task was to provide heavy fire support for infantry units fighting in urban areas. The few vehicles produced fought in the Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Reichswald. The fighting vehicle was known by various informal names, among which the became the most popular.
==Development== The idea for a heavy infantry support vehicle capable of demolishing heavily defended buildings or fortified areas with a single shot came out of the experiences of the heavy urban fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. At the time, the Wehrmacht had only the available for destroying buildings, a variant armed with a 15 cm sIG 33 heavy infantry gun. Twelve of them were lost in the fighting at Stalingrad. Its successor, the , also known by Allies as , was in production from early 1943. This was essentially an improved version of the earlier design, mounting a StuH 43 L/12 gun of the same caliber on the Panzer IV chassis with greatly improved armour protection.