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Originally Posted by Janus
Does anyone know the range of the Sturmtiger's gun? The calibre surely is huge but the length of the gun makes me think that thing has a range of 500 meters at most...
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Only 18 Sturmtiger were built by Hitler's personal command. The "gun" is a mortar 38cm, shooting 350kg heavy explosive rocket-grenades over distances of up to 6 km. Originally it was a Navy weapon to fight submarines.
Nice pics, Stabiz! Be damned for not showing the more modern stuff, too!
Getting hit by this thing was a nasty affair, resulting in collapse of the affected bulding or whole groups of Shermans receiving major damage and kills. They were also heavily demoralising. The US Army made them a top priority target to find and take out.
http://www.waffenhq.de/panzer/sturmtiger.html