Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61 | |
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A Sturmtiger on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia | |
Type | Heavy assault gun |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | August 1944–1945 |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Alkett |
Designed | 1943–1944 |
Manufacturer | Alkett |
Produced | October 1943 – January 1945 |
No. built | 18 (using rebuilt Tiger I chassis) |
Specifications | |
Mass | 68 tonnes (75 short tons; 67 long tons) |
Length | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Width | 3.57 m (11 ft 9 in) |
Height | 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) |
Crew | 5 driver machine gunner / radio operator loader 2nd loader commander / gunner |
Armor | max. 150 mm (superstructure front, at 47° from vertical) min. 62 mm |
380 mm RW 61 rocket launcher L/5.4 (14 rounds) | |
Secondary armament | 100 mm grenade launcher (using SMi 35 leaping mines)[citation needed] 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 34 machine gun |
Engine | Maybach HL230 P45 V-12, water-cooled gasoline 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)[1] |
Power/weight | 10.77 PS/tonne |
Suspension | torsion-bar |
120 km (75 mi) | |
Maximum speed | 40 km/h (25 mph) |
Armor thickness | Location | Slope (angle from vertical) |
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150 mm | superstructure front | 47° |
150 mm ( 100 mm) | hull front (without the additional plate) | 25° |
82 mm | superstructure side and rear upper hull side and rear | 20° none |
70 mm | hull front top | 80° |
62 mm | lower hull front | 65° |
62 mm | lower hull side lower hull rear | none 48° |
28 mm | hull floor | - |
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