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Offline alskahawk

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2009, 11:54:01 AM »
 "The Stürmtiger rocket was not very accurate at range and was primarilly designed for urban combat. It also took 10 minutes to reload. I'd much rather have a Wespe or Hummel or Priest."

 And it only carried 14 rounds. A Hummel, Wespe, Priest, M10?. Grant tank. Lot of others would be above this one.

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2009, 02:03:46 PM »
How about this?




SU-152

A 152 mm ML-20 howitzer/gun on a KV-1 tank chassis. Was also a very competent tank destroyer. 20 rounds internal. Produced throughout 1943, then replaced by the ISU-152. The difference however was mostly better reliability.

Internal ammo storage is going to be a problem for all these SPA's since they relied on dedicated ammo carriers. I guess that's what we have the M3 for. ;)
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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2009, 04:06:47 PM »
Stürm?

heavy metal umlaut?  :D

fur Tänks and the like :)

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2009, 04:27:09 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2009, 04:58:09 PM »
St :rock rmtiger!
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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2009, 12:46:02 PM »
Su-100's gun had awesome armor penetration ability.  Its funny how it's never ever mentioned in posts.  I guess its just not very well known.  I'd sure have hated to face one.



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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2009, 04:01:43 PM »
I would settle for the Panzer III with the 50MM gun for another EW tank.

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2009, 06:10:38 AM »
How did they load a 761kg projectile? I bet it wasn't belt-fed  :lol

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2009, 05:00:26 AM »
EDIT: I doubt the mortar weighed 761kg, especially if it carried 15. That's 11.415kg of ordnance  :huh

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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2009, 05:28:32 AM »
Not kilos, but pounds.

"The main armament was the 380 mm Raketen-Werfer 61 L/5.4, a breech-loading rocket launcher, which fired short-range, rocket-propelled projectiles. These projectiles were roughly 1.5 metres (59 in) in length and could either contain a high explosive charge of 125 kilograms (280 lb) or a shaped charge for use against fortifications, which could penetrate up to 2.5 metres (98 in) of reinforced concrete. The stated range of the former was 5,650 metres (6,180 yd). The weight of the complete rounds was 345 to 351 kilograms (760–770 lb). A normal charge first accelerated the projectile to 45 metres per second (150 ft/s), the 40 kilograms (88 lb) rocket charge then boosted this to about 250 metres per second (820 ft/s).

The design of the rocket launcher caused some problems, as the hot rocket exhaust could not be vented into the fighting compartment but neither could the barrel withstand the pressure if the gasses were not vented. Therefore a ring of ventilation shafts were put around the barrel which channeled the exhaust and gave the weapon somewhat of a pepperbox appearance.

Because of the bulkiness of the ammunition, only 14 rounds could be carried, of which one was already loaded, with another in the loading tray. The rest were carried in two storage racks. To help with the loading of ammunition into the vehicle, a loading crane was fitted at the rear of the superstructure, next to the loading hatch. Even then, the entire five man crew had to help with the loading."
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Re: Some intersting "TANKS
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2009, 05:43:28 AM »
Thanks for the info, the thing sounds really useless! Unless you menage to fire off a round  :aok

Here are some more pictures of the thing;







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