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Title: Sturmtiger
Post by: captkaos on August 31, 2006, 07:02:10 PM

How about a sturmtiger to lay siege to towns, ports, etc.  We already have the base design in the game, as it is just a modified tank to fire a very large projectile.  We need some artillery in this game, so lets start with the sturmtiger.

Title: Re: Sturmtiger
Post by: Lusche on August 31, 2006, 07:41:00 PM

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Originally posted by captkaos
We already have the base design in the game, as it is just a modified tank to fire a very large projectile.  We need some artillery in this game, so lets start with the sturmtiger.

So you just wanna start with one of the rarest and least used "artillery" of WW2???

Title: Re: Re: Sturmtiger
Post by: SMIDSY on August 31, 2006, 07:47:22 PM

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Originally posted by Lusche
So you just wanna start with one of the rarest and least used "artillery" of WW2???

it was actually used to great effect durring the battle of the bulge. it was very usefull for demolishing buildings. it was also effective against american armor because the sheer mass of the explosion was enough to tip a sherman if it hit right next to it.


but i agree, it has no place in AH.

Title: Sturmtiger
Post by: captkaos on September 01, 2006, 11:04:12 AM

I was just thinking about what artillery would be the easiest to add, you already have the platform in the game, you need only to model the gun.

Title: Sturmtiger
Post by: zorstorer on September 01, 2006, 05:38:42 PM

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Originally posted by captkaos
I was just thinking about what artillery would be the easiest to add, you already have the platform in the game, you need only to model the gun.

Wasn't one of the US's first SP arty pieces based on the M3 halftrack?

Title: Sturmtiger
Post by: ghi on September 01, 2006, 06:23:10 PM

This  would be the largest caliber gun in game, look at the pics below the size of the shell

. 1943 - German Sturmmorser Tiger (Sturmtiger) 38cm RW6-1 L/5.4
(no SdKfz No.) Assault rocket mortar on heavy
tank chassis
Armament:        1 - 38cm (15") Mirser StuM RW6 1 L/5.4 mortar
                                projector
                           1 - 7.92mm MG 34
Engine:              Maybach, HL 230 P45, V-12, gas, 700 hp
Speed:             25 mph
Range;             75 miles
Crew:               5
Weight:            68 tons
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. Interestingly, this weapon was developed in 1943 by the Navy
as an anti-submarine weapon. The Navy dropped the project and 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.
(http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2833/heer/selfpropelledgun/sturmtiger/sturmtiger-00.jpg)
(http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/samohybky/sturmtiger/002.jpg)

Title: Sturmtiger
Post by: ghi on September 01, 2006, 10:37:30 PM

short Movie, Dora the largest gun ever used in WW2, 31.5 inches(80cm)




http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1209533366135570549&q=dora&hl=en (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1209533366135570549&q=dora&hl=en)