Sturmtiger

The Sturmtiger has been in-game since Demo 4.

## History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmtiger

The 65-ton Sturmtiger (Stormtiger) was done by the Altmärkische Kettenwerke (Alkett) in Berlin. The prototype became Hitler on October 20, 1943 at the military training area. Other names for the storm tiger were device 817, gun car 606/9 and assault mortar "Tiger". The main feature of the Sturmtiger was the imposing mortar. Reported by Rheinmetall to be used on submarines for coastal bombardment wherever it was never used, the 38 cm L / 5.4 caliber gun was mounted on the chassis of the VI "Tiger" tank, which had been repaired and repaired. From its extreme extreme barrel (205.4 cm) it became 148.9 cm long and 345 kg heavy grenades up to 5650 m wide. The grenade load of 125 kg of explosives and a solid rocket propulsion made of diethylene glycol, which influenced it from the moderate muzzle velocity of 45 m / s to a final speed of 250 m / s.

The five-man forces were drawn through massive armor (up to 15 cm), ammunition that is only 14 years old, as one piece in the tank, one in the barrel and one in the loading device. The gun had a ring of holes; depending on the source, they were used for the responsibility of recoil or to protect the gases after the shot by blown air. The designers had installed a small boom on the roof of the storm tiger, with which the grenades were performed.

A total of 18 Sturmtiger were built and 317 shots of the normal R.Sprgr. 4581 delivered to the troop. The vehicles were used in storm mortar departments, especially on the western front, e.g. B. in Westphalian Marl, in the Wesel bridgehead and in the Warsaw Uprising. Although the main gun had an enormous, above all moral, effect, it proved to be of little use due to the lack of suitable uses, the poor mobility of the vehicles and, later, the lack of fuel or ammunition.

A surviving Sturmtiger can be viewed today in the German Tank Museum Munster, another vehicle is in the Tank Museum Kubinka.

## In the Game

The Sturmtiger is a special German tank and is very different from the other rocket launchers. The Stumtiger is currently the unit with the best armor compared to the other rocket launchers and can also be used on the furthest front, which it must. The Strumtiger has a very short range of 80 meters. To compare: the Calliope and Katyusha have a range of 400 meters and most of the main guns of the tanks have a range of min. 100 meters. Therefore the Sturmtiger causes immense damage of 500 and is only surpassed by the P.1000 Ratte. Many units are destroyed after a direct hit. A bunker blows up after 2 direct hits. That's why the Sturmtiger is also in bunker crackers. But if the rocket does not direct hit the target, it does less damage.

### Pro

* very good armor for an artillery unit
* Causes a lot of damage (destroys many units after 1-2 hits)
* has infinite ammunition compared to the Calliope and does not have to drive to a base like the Katyusha to recharge

### Neutral

* The Sturmtiger always tries to keep a certain distance from his target. If the target moves very close to him (around 60-70 meters), he drives backwards to restore a certain minimum distance. This can lead to a "chase" where the Sturmtiger reverses all the time and the enemy tank follow him, shooting at each other in the same time. This continues until one of the two is destroyed.

### Contra

* short fire range
* reloads after each shot, because he cannot fire missile salvos the like other rocket launchers
* always in close combat with the enemy, because of its small fire range

## Gallery

2 shermans and 1 Persing attacking 2 Sturmtigers1 downthat will hurtBOOMSturmtiger won!Sturmtiger open fire on the enemythe Sturmörser Wagen 606/4 destroys some OT-133