@@looinrims I think they are talking about the Imperial Guard's Demolisher cannon in the Warhammer 40k universe, which has an appearance straight from the Sturmtiger's gun. It is used by the Imperial Guard on their Leman Russ tanks and the Baneblade. The Space Marines also use it in their vindicator tank, which is fixed at the front of the hull.
@@mixererunio1757 BBC: German RUclipsr led armed rebellion just overthrown German Federal Republic, and declare return of Kaiserreich. Next on BBC: Find the Best London Breakfast restaurant!
"So what skills do you feel you can bring to this job?" "Well I know how to command a Sturmtiger battery..." "Say no more. We need more people just like you."
Abdul Amar Eh, I can sorta see the boxy design in both, but the Vidicator really looks exactly like an APC with a huge gun stuck to it. The thunderer has the same background as the sturmtiger, being converted from damaged hulls sent back from the front.
This is the thing you research in HOI4 in 1951, after you've researched *literally everything else* and are just going through the variants of the tank tree even though you're making modern armor at that point.
@@christiandauz3742 well, the USA indiustry was a money cheat irl, still took years to defend the axis and they never had the reserves and couldnt use the chance to continue and finish up comunists as well before they gt the a-bomb
What interests me the most is that they were writing out field manuals as their country collapsed around them. I wonder how many times the lad typing this out had his work interrupted by Air raids.
"1. Ammunition loadout: 22 rounds per barrel, 12 rounds in the gun;" Took me a second to realise you meant 12 round inside each vehicle, not all 12 loaded into the barrel at once.
so its 22 round for each barrel (meaning its barrel life only "good" for 22 shot, after that have to be replaced) and each tank only have 12 round ready before resuply
@@prd6617 No, barrel life should be quite good, but shells are issued such that the battery should always have 22 per operational gun, 12 of those can be fit into the ammo racks of the gun, 1 on the loading tray, and 1 in the chamber.
Can we all take a step back in think about how insane it is to find the time to write and print a manual like this while everything is going to shit. I mean this was produced when the end of the war was in sight for everyone
Yes, the fact these men who compiled these manuals were able to compartmentalize and just go about their job in spite of clear doom is remarkable to me. This is an indication of just how regimented and disciplined the German army was. It is disturbing at times just how aloof the technician can remain in war...but that is the secret to waging war effectively as it were.
Boss: do you have any interesting skills that might come to use in our printing company? Me, sweating and stuttering: I - I - I know h-how to use a sturmtiger... Boss [under his breath]: holy shit
when they said that the armour was like the tigers, they may have meant that the philosophy behind the distribution was the same that is to say that it was strong at the front and weak at the sides. this would be important for the crew to know, its effectively a warning to not show the sides of the tank to enemy fire.
At a museum I visited in Switzerland the guide said that the artillery crew of a 105mm howitzer (ww2 era) had to fire 80 standard steel shrapnel rounds to cover an area of 80x80 m effectively.
Scipio Africanus the intense rate for 105mm howitzer is 6 rounds per minute , so that's 360 rounds in an hour , and actually accurate ..... Keep up your wehreboo dreams of Nazi super weapons .
@@mathewkelly9968 I think that Scipio was pointing out just how monumentally insane the Sturmtiger is through comparison to conventional artillery rather than wherabooing.
@AKUJIRULE not sure what you mean there by noob, but for urban direct or indirect fire support simple infantry mortars, low velocity large caliber tank guns, man portable rocket launchers/recoilless rifles and literally anything else capable of the job in place of a repurposed 15 inch depth charge launcher with an absurdly low rate of fire would be just fine if not superior from an economy of force standpoint.
@AKUJIRULE man portable launchers were in common use in WW2. Bazookas, panzerfausts, Piats etc were issued at the company level and were used against bunkers and other such strongpoins along with tanks and other less insane assault guns.
Yeah, as Rasierklinge said, there's a crane on the back and there's a tray inside that fits to the hatch he peered through in the video. Crane picks up shell, shell is pushed into hatch and along the tray, stuff gets done to make said shell ready to go 'fwoooosh *BOOM!* ', shell is slid into the breech, breech is closed, shell goes 'fwoooosh *BOOM!* '.
"While under enemy fire" Well reminds me of hearing about US troops didnt wanted to use the backpack Flamethrower becouse you where instandly the target #1 for every Japanese out there...but some still done the job becouse SOMEONE had to do it even when hell was around them and people got used to fighting in bad situations.
You didn’t. These where never close to the battlefield. They shot from behind friendly lines. Which made the armor useless. (Less than useless actually) there are good quotes of Xander’s criticizing this very point
No kidding. Same in company of heroes but it's front armor is so bullshit that whatever survived the first shot has little chance of killing it unless they immobilize it first.
Correction on the wheels: All types of Tiger I were used for conversion, early and mid models were simply fitted with late steel wheels during the conversion.
Throw weight per hour: Sturmkitty: 4*125 = 500 kg/hour 10.5cm leFH 18: 180-220*1.85 = 333-407 kg/hour 15cm sFB 18: 100-120*5.1kg = 510-612 kg/hour Quantity may have a quality all of it's own - but the bunker you're sitting in is going to disagree with that statement if it ever comes under sustained fire from a battery of these things. That's a whole lot of throw weight, even considering rate of fire.
@@5peciesunkn0wn it also works wonders in clearing out trenches, flattening city blocks and turning an army regiment into minced meat. put 3 of these next to each other and you pretty much got one turret of battleship bismarck aiming at your position.
If I recall correctly, the one and only time a Sturmtiger engaged enemy armor, it fired a single shot at a group of Sherman tanks and blew up most of them. Which makes me wonder just how effective the Sturmtiger would have been if it had been introduced earlier in the war and had sufficient ammo.
no point because a sturmtiger is an assault gun with no turning turret, therefore not suitable for offensive operations, which the Germany was carrying out at the time. the only way I could think of their use at the time was to fight against occupied territory's insurgents or defend supply line for Eastern front. But 1) the much cheaper armored cars at the time were sufficient enough for the 1st task. and 2) The Germany's logistic was a nightmare throughout war and I doubt they could maintain them.
Well the problem is the Sturmtiger inherits the flaws of the Tiger of being a maintenance nightmare and not being very fast. You then add to the fact that it has no turret and that means eventually the target is probably just going to move out of the way. These things kept breaking down constantly, although not nearly as much as the Ferdinand which was too heavy for its under engineered engine.
@@alex_zetsu It takes 30 minutes to reload. This is not a tank destroyer, but something that can lob rockets at enemy armor formations and hope the blast gets a few.
I am always impressed by your research and presentation. I was wondering after you cited your source in the beginning of the presentation how accurate your information would be as you cited what seemed to be the German field manual to operate the vehicle. I was thinking well how many instructional guides really reflect reality, especially in war in a fighting situation. But then you corrected the manual when it compared the tanks armor to the Tiger and I was like damn, he doesn't let anything slip by him! Anyway, really enjoy your videos, I'm a big WWII buff and I've been playing a lot of HOI IV lately. I watch your videos and watch other WWII documentaries/movies at the same time, lots of fun. Have you played Hearts of Iron IV? What do you think?
I'm living just across the street of the OKH in Wünsdorf. Is it necessary to follow the chain of command or can I just throw the suggestions into the mail box? just out of curiosity... ;O)
If you live in Germany, you should know the obvious answer (which of course is: Follow the chain of command!). How do you actually dare to ask this question?
@@ninaakari5181 You're so right... it had been allways the best choice to ask an Austrian :) This worked well for over 1000 years now... uhm wait... maybe I mixed something up there ^^
I really enjoy the technical I formation here and am super excited to hear temperature actually being considered when referring to the ammunition ballistics . pressure rises or falls depending on if warmer or colder. This is a main reason it's not advisable to use military 5.56 x45mm in a .223 Remington chambered firearm. While it fits , the military cover design is specifically for high pressure and reliability and 223rem is made to tight varmint rifle tollorences , with much shorter lead/throat and much sharper rifling onset angle . On a hot day , the military ammo can destroy the .223 chambered gun from pressure spikes ,from the bullet having to overcome more resistance to leave it's case and engage the rifling . Which is already accounted for with .223. A cannon would be no different and range would increase or decrease noticably in different temperature extremes . Thankyou for the thought inspiring video.
I read/listened to something recently on the Sturmtiger that I found very interesting. Basically, the thought process is why would it need to be so heavily armored when it is so far away from actual action. You could literally put this mortar on something like a RSO and have the same effectiveness and have it much lighter.
World of Tanks: 1. Load 1 round for 5 Minutes after deployment 2. Shoot that round into a packed group of enemies and rek them, probably self killing in the process
Very carefully -- always wear titanium toed boots. more seriously, I imagine that there are manual or electric chain hoists and a hydraulic rammer to get the warhead and its propellant charges into the breach. It's not like a field gun where you could have 12 guys running around.
Maximum acceptable dispersion for field artillery battery is 2% of firing distance in firing direction. For artillery batallion max acceptable dispersion is 4% of firing distance. Sideways dispersion is half. These stats are from finnish army.
I was US army FDC Chief for m110's and m109's and I've never heard of that. We used ICM vs HE to take out troops, light vehicles or tanks because ICM gives a good spread at impact. 155mm and 203mm isn't exactly a sniper rifle or a precision weapon system. However one of my favorite quotes from WW2 is from a German General at the end of the war. At the time USA was using the m12, a self propelled 155mm howitzer, to take out sniper positions. To roughly quote the General he said "When the USA starts using 155mm as a sniper weapon it's time to quit"
@@readhistory2023 different armies have very different ways of using artillery. In finnish army fire control is at platoon level and usually 18 gun minimum fire in a fire mission. I've read that in many armies control is much higher up in organization, and smaller firing units are also common.
Brother told me about some coastal artillery training exercise firing at a moving surface target. They were supposed to fire ranging shots to get it "dialed in", but somebody destroyed the target with the very first shot and ruined the entire day for everybody.
Seriously; 1. There are no things like "pilsners", the plural of "ein Pils" are "mehrere Pils". And 2., if you are drinking Pils at the Oktoberfest, you are doing it double wrong. (Btw. probably every Bavarian is going to hunt you for this, even in your afterlive.)
yes but remember, these were not made to be read by enthusiasts who watch videos of a German guy explaining the finer points of WW2 vehicles. This is being used by a poorly educated guy who got drafted 3 months ago and only has a basic understanding of how the vehicle works. Thus simpler terminology. If you want a modern day example of this, try to get your hands on the operators manual and maintenance manual for the same military vehicle. You'll be amazing at how wrong, but simpler, the wording in the operators manual is compared to the technospeak of the maint manual.
The finer points of the distinction between the two would have been as lost on the average wehrmact soldier as they are on your average viewer today. Remember that the source is an operational manual not a technical manual and was likely simplified for the soldiers using the weapon.
@@nilloc93 I can vouch for this having used the technical manual for the Abrams tank when I served and then read the Army tank platoon manual recently. There is a huge difference in the terminology.
Just a note. The Sturmtiger in Munster is actually a captured examples shipped to the US. After examination, it was put on display at Aberdeen proving ground. When Aberdeen went through it’s revamp and reorganization, a lot of pieces were sent elsewhere. All of the tanks went to a new museum in Ft. Bennings. The Sturmtiger was sent to Munster on loan, where it is still displayed today.
Do we know where the idea for the Stürmtiger came from? Was it supposed to be a bigger version of the Bummbär? I find it very strange that anyone thought "THAT is what we need!"
My thoughts exactly. A regular Tiger would have been more useful and if the turret ring was too badly damaged to repair make it into an AT design like the Jagdpanther. Germany was completely on the defense by the time these were built and ready for action with allied air forces roaming the skies loading these these things must have been especially nerve racking and the smoke they give off when firing would be exactly what fighter bomber pilots were looking for. Absolutely foolish thing to build. I can imagine someone saying Hey we have these big anti-sub bombs that are useless why don't we try them for land use but, somebody should've said that's a complete waste of a Tiger I chassis and we don't have enough tanks and tank hunters as it is.
Thank you for the great video. I have a picture of me infront of the very same Sturmtiger, since I visited the tank museum with a few friends a few months ago.
I would love to see something like this on the smaller Brummbär assault gun armored vehicle. Fantastic informative video overall. As someone who's been around and fascinated by the old U.S. Army M728 CEV (with its massive 165mm demolition gun), and having seen it in action, I've always been fascinated with such vehicles. I'm still not sure why the U.S. Army never fitted its more modern Abrams based replacements to the M728 with a similar or large assault gun as the snub-nosed cannons also make them more practical in narrow streets in an urban environment or in a forested area where a long cannon can snag on trees.
So the Sturmpanzer IV (Brummbaer) wasn't good enough. I presume there was a demand for heavier firepower and better armour protection. At least the Panzer IV chassis had more maneuverability and easier to repair and maintain compared to a Tiger.
Wait, you mean you're NOT supposed to load a person into the gun? Well, damn, my neighbor really would've appreciated it if you uploaded this earlier, MHV.
That note that they should only be employed against extended area targets due to their large dispersion (deployments, assemblies, cities and larger bases of operations) seems to confirm their terrible accuracy.
this assumes all four would show up to the battlefield. I'm sure you'd be lucky to get one. a one-gun battery, with 22 rounds. real good use of resources that.
well, if you watched the video you would know that they where usually used together at the same time, in other words 4 SturmTigers would fire at the same area at the same time. Also each shell contains 125kg of explosives, so basically 4 shots equals 500kg of explosives at the target in one volley. One 15cm shell from a heavy artillery contains 5.1 kg of explosives, so to get the same effect on target you would need about 100 artillery guns firing at once to get the same effect. Basically they where the ultimate shock and awe weapon if you need a little piece of the enemy front line obliterated every 15 min or so. That said the 15cm heavy artillery guns where more useful overall since they didn't need the same planning and logistics to work, but there is something fascinating about a tank with a 380mm gun..
@@Destyvirago the heavy armour may have been justifiable for an army on the strategic offensive, but seems more of a liability for the Wehrmacht late in the war. The longish range of the mortar would suggest that a non or lightly armoured version would be more useful, increasing mobility, rate of fire, and decreasing logistical problems, without exposing the crew to excessive counter fire.
One of the things that might be relevant is that over time people become desensitised, what might have been effective shock tactics in 1939 would not have had the same impact in 1944/5. The implication from the literature seems to have been that this was a weapon designed to be something of a focal point in assaults, deployed as much for the psychological impact it would have as the material one. Not to say you're wrong about it being an ineffective use of resources.
This was a great podcast 👍 You touched on it lightly, but I think it factors into the 15-minute, reloading time. And that is the signature the weapon. Tremendous amount of smoke was generated by this mortar. So much so, it was guaranteed to give away your position. So the panzer grenadiers, would move with the unit, after firing every round. Hence, the 15-minute reloading time. Just saying..... ... And it was the ultimate bunker-buster on tracks!!!💥
Sturmtiger was basically a late "recycled" late Tiger I fitted with casement with the powerful 380 mm Raketen-Werfer 61 L/5.4, a breech-loading barrel, which fired a short-range, rocket-propelled projectile originally developed for the navy. Despite only 18 of those vehicles was produced it was a nasty surprise in Warsaw, if the rounds worked on soft ground and more interestingly dururing the battle for the bridge at Remagen one,of of the Sturmtigers allegedly hit a group of stationary Sherman tanks in a village with a 380mm round, resulting in nearly all the Shermans being put out of action, and their crews killed or wounded. This is the only tank-on-tank combat a Sturmtiger is ever recorded engaging.
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Mike Kent because you people are that much of a cliche that you think the Germans fell in a matter of hours after they invaded plane . You are *literally* a walking racial problem .
The German standard firing table data conditions Altitude German "60m über dem Meere" = 60m above sea level = 197 ft. at 10°C = 50°F. Russian is 15°C = 59°F at sea level (750mm Hg) which also was the British and American WWII standard.
Very good. Sorry that I was wearing my blue t-shirt whilst watching this. The 'I am a cat person' shirt is still drying after a wash. It has survived numerous wearings and washes, and is still super comfortable.
The police stole my "Father Satan take me home" hoodie. They tried to lie and tell me I didn't have a bike when they picked me up, but they had it right there leaning against the wall in the corner in that "single vehicle garage" they pull into before they unload you. For over thirteen years I've been thinking of getting another one [hoodie] done up, but over the past four years or so, I've acquired the know-how, the skills, the experience and the notions to embroider it myself. I'd considered a hoodie or T-shirt that said "I survived fifteen years of Wesleyan-Arminian pentecostalism", but it wouldn't have the same "sucker punch from behind right on the short rib" quality.There was this guy working the till at the sex shop one time, and he had a T-shirt that said "Fuck you you fucking fuck". I want one of those, too. Hey, are you trying to say the entire video is completely irrelevant or something?
How to use the sturmtiger ? Step 1: point it at the general direction of a blob Step 2 : fire at its general retreat path Step 3 : enjoy the sight of your oponent raging at you or in laymans terms profit
The Sturmtiger was used in August 1944 against the Warsaw Uprising. PzStuMrKp 1000 was raised on 13 August 1944 and fought during the Warsaw Uprising with two vehicles, as did the prototype in a separate action, which may have been the only time the Sturmtiger was used in its intended role. During this operation is the only time the Stumtiger was filmed firing a round.
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Thanks for the video, I was really confused as to what I should do with the 4 stumtigers I have laying around, now I know
I know right but does anyone know where the shaped charge ammunition is? The manual says we have some but none of ammuntion crates are marked as such.
This is the best comment I've read on the internet today
Steel division 2
I use mine as potplants
Probably nothing cause you need a hell a load of trucks to use them
How to escape the strumtiger when they engine is burning
Comander: hatch on top
Driver : hatch in front
Gunner: the barrel of the gun
Wouldn’t wanna be the gunner 😂
Commander: Oh God, The tank is on fire!
Gunner: Now I am the projectile.
777Dubliner there is multiple photos of gunners and other crewmen exiting though the barrel.
🤣
I mean, it is possible crews have done that. There's multiple photos of people fitting through the barrel.
Shout out to the germans trying to equip the imperial guard 38000 years early
I think it looks like the plague burst crawler of the death guard
Is that a reference to the RW61?
@@looinrims I think they are talking about the Imperial Guard's Demolisher cannon in the Warhammer 40k universe, which has an appearance straight from the Sturmtiger's gun. It is used by the Imperial Guard on their Leman Russ tanks and the Baneblade. The Space Marines also use it in their vindicator tank, which is fixed at the front of the hull.
@@rixille no I meant the 38000 part, I get it’s warhammer 40k
@@looinrims Maybe.
Germans engineers : "this conversion make the Sturmtiger actually 8 tons heavier than the Tiger I"
Tiger transmission : **incoherent screaming**
That comment Hit's me Like an 88mm Flak 36
Doesn't matter. If they can kill enemies at higher rate than losing their own before they break their transmission, it's still a win for the Germans
@@konigstiger3782 or a 88mm Flak 18........ehh....ehh....ehh.
Tiger transmission : *Am i joke to you?*
German engineers to Tiger transmission: "Bite the pillow honey, Papa's gonna switch holes"
Finally a guide to use my Sturmtiger. That thing has been collceting dust in my garage for 70 years. Dankesehr!
Bro what
collceting is my favourite word
"Next time when you command a German army" says a man with German accent in a video about WW2 tank. Hmm....
Three times the charm I guess...
@@mixererunio1757 BBC: German RUclipsr led armed rebellion just overthrown German Federal Republic, and declare return of Kaiserreich.
Next on BBC: Find the Best London Breakfast restaurant!
@@Verpal He is actually austrian. An Austrian wouldn't overthrow the german government...
Oh, wait a second
If world wars works out like movie sequels the third one won't be near as GREAT as the first one.
@@isaiahcampbell488 Yeah, there will be greater budget, the runtime is too low for us to enjoy though.
"So what skills do you feel you can bring to this job?"
"Well I know how to command a Sturmtiger battery..."
"Say no more. We need more people just like you."
J4CKAL05 and I just learned how to kill a large cat!
🤣😂
125 kg warhead? This vehicle sounds like something you'd see in an Imperial Guard artillery regiment, not on an actual battlefield.
Where do you think the creators of wh40k got their ideas from?
It’s a Leman Russ Thunderer Siege Tank
@@markb6978 Or more accurately, it's the Spehs Mehreens Vindicator, which is the very exact thing.
Abdul Amar Eh, I can sorta see the boxy design in both, but the Vidicator really looks exactly like an APC with a huge gun stuck to it. The thunderer has the same background as the sturmtiger, being converted from damaged hulls sent back from the front.
I wonder how Nazi Germany would fare in the 40k universe if they had all the resources to build all their craziest ideas en masse
This is the thing you research in HOI4 in 1951, after you've researched *literally everything else* and are just going through the variants of the tank tree even though you're making modern armor at that point.
Lol yeah it is. Along with the carrier capable early fighters
@@anti-defecationleague5180 hahahaha. We need more HOI 4 love in the world. You going to play the new France re-work?
How do I win was democratic Czechoslovakia.
There shall only be death before dishonor I say.
Give all the Allied nations in 1936 every technology
Watch as Germany, Italy and Japan lose in just months
@@christiandauz3742 well, the USA indiustry was a money cheat irl, still took years to defend the axis and they never had the reserves and couldnt use the chance to continue and finish up comunists as well before they gt the a-bomb
1. Aim
2. Fire
3. Wonder were your target went
Edit: Thank you for the wonderful video. It was very well researched and explained.
7:29
Me: How do you spell that?
German: Just like it sounds.
Me: **snaps pencil**
immediately followed by "eleven trucks"
Äss-dee-Koo-äff-tzeta.
Sonderkraftfahrzeug Zwei-einundfünfizig Schrägstrich Achtzehn.
(literally "special motor vehicle two-fiftyone diagonal slash eighteen.")
You will need several pencils to write that down.
Captions work for this video
Ah this question, well my personal answer is simple:
*”You don’t.”*
Send the Strumtigers back in time to the Holy Roman Empire
It would crush knights!
What interests me the most is that they were writing out field manuals as their country collapsed around them. I wonder how many times the lad typing this out had his work interrupted by Air raids.
Lol. Thats great. Yes so german!
Your English pronunciation has improved a lot over there years. You should be proud of your hardwork.
This has to be the coolest tank of WWII
I like the BT-7, but it's all a matter of personal preference.
technically not a tank
Tell the Heeres at Dubno that.
its an assault mortar
StuG Life.
"1. Ammunition loadout: 22 rounds per barrel, 12 rounds in the gun;"
Took me a second to realise you meant 12 round inside each vehicle, not all 12 loaded into the barrel at once.
so its 22 round for each barrel (meaning its barrel life only "good" for 22 shot, after that have to be replaced) and each tank only have 12 round ready before resuply
@@prd6617 No, barrel life should be quite good, but shells are issued such that the battery should always have 22 per operational gun, 12 of those can be fit into the ammo racks of the gun, 1 on the loading tray, and 1 in the chamber.
12 rounds in the barrel.
When you really really really wanted those Poles dead
You watch too much spongebob square pants lol
@@wjlasloThe2nd so where are the other 8 rounds?
We really need this in War Thunder haha
Edit: oh wait the reload is 15 *minutes*
Make sure the shot counts xd
There is a version you could use in single player mission. They increased the reload speed by a few minutes.
Nep Nep first let all the hellcats cap, nuke cap, get quad kill, hop out, boom plane spawn
Should work
It's like the opposite of capping a point and spawning in the PE-8 xd
Nep Nep ye
Can we all take a step back in think about how insane it is to find the time to write and print a manual like this while everything is going to shit. I mean this was produced when the end of the war was in sight for everyone
LongNightsInOffice Apparently not for the true believers
Welcome to Germany. If it's not extensively written it doesn't exist. :-)
"Write this manual!"
"Alright!"
"Nicht, nevermind, burn it!"
"Why?"
"The doorbell rang. The Americans got here early!"
Yes, the fact these men who compiled these manuals were able to compartmentalize and just go about their job in spite of clear doom is remarkable to me. This is an indication of just how regimented and disciplined the German army was. It is disturbing at times just how aloof the technician can remain in war...but that is the secret to waging war effectively as it were.
flusenbart
Ok
: ) m’
Boss: do you have any interesting skills that might come to use in our printing company?
Me, sweating and stuttering: I - I - I know h-how to use a sturmtiger...
Boss [under his breath]: holy shit
Should we label our newfound skills under hard or soft variety!
when they said that the armour was like the tigers, they may have meant that the philosophy behind the distribution was the same that is to say that it was strong at the front and weak at the sides. this would be important for the crew to know, its effectively a warning to not show the sides of the tank to enemy fire.
Kinda redundant since that was true for every tank back then
Side armor of tiger was not thin at all there is pictures online with many shell dents on the sides
@@poldi2233- Tiger II has much stronger side armour (plus bonus of being sloped)
At a museum I visited in Switzerland the guide said that the artillery crew of a 105mm howitzer (ww2 era) had to fire 80 standard steel shrapnel rounds to cover an area of 80x80 m effectively.
Scipio Africanus the intense rate for 105mm howitzer is 6 rounds per minute , so that's 360 rounds in an hour , and actually accurate ..... Keep up your wehreboo dreams of Nazi super weapons .
My dreams of nazi superweapons? Pardon me,but I don't understand what you are trying to say.
@@mathewkelly9968 I think that Scipio was pointing out just how monumentally insane the Sturmtiger is through comparison to conventional artillery rather than wherabooing.
@AKUJIRULE not sure what you mean there by noob, but for urban direct or indirect fire support simple infantry mortars, low velocity large caliber tank guns, man portable rocket launchers/recoilless rifles and literally anything else capable of the job in place of a repurposed 15 inch depth charge launcher with an absurdly low rate of fire would be just fine if not superior from an economy of force standpoint.
@AKUJIRULE man portable launchers were in common use in WW2. Bazookas, panzerfausts, Piats etc were issued at the company level and were used against bunkers and other such strongpoins along with tanks and other less insane assault guns.
How to use a Stürmtiger
you sturm and the 38cm rocket launcher does the rest
Easy
Why the ü?
@@randonlando418 because German language is the most cultured and the best in the world
Don Serpiente you don’t use “ü” in Sturmtiger.
Sorry to be that guy
What I would really like to know: how do you handle a 350kg shell with 5 men in less space of that half of of my kitchen? While under enemy fire.
This thing had a crane aboard to help the crew reloading :)
Yeah, as Rasierklinge said, there's a crane on the back and there's a tray inside that fits to the hatch he peered through in the video. Crane picks up shell, shell is pushed into hatch and along the tray, stuff gets done to make said shell ready to go 'fwoooosh *BOOM!* ', shell is slid into the breech, breech is closed, shell goes 'fwoooosh *BOOM!* '.
"While under enemy fire"
Well reminds me of hearing about US troops didnt wanted to use the backpack Flamethrower becouse you where instandly the target #1 for every Japanese out there...but some still done the job becouse SOMEONE had to do it even when hell was around them and people got used to fighting in bad situations.
You didn’t. These where never close to the battlefield. They shot from behind friendly lines. Which made the armor useless. (Less than useless actually) there are good quotes of Xander’s criticizing this very point
balls of steel
Sturmtiger Engineers: So how big do you want the gun?
Hitler: YES.
Alterius Zhang in Hamburg: points out window at the cardboard cutout of the Bismarck, see that? I want that.
Another great video. I like the text from the period. Also like the commentary.
Thank you for your hard work.
Glad you enjoy it!
"[A] battery of four Sturmtiger, or more correctly, the single one that actually shows up."
Four shots per hour, no wonder why it takes so long to fire one shell in Men of War.
No kidding. Same in company of heroes but it's front armor is so bullshit that whatever survived the first shot has little chance of killing it unless they immobilize it first.
When was the last time you had to manuver a 345 kg cylindrical object that could blow you to kingdom come?
I reckon 4 per hour is pretty good.
Introduced to WoT and the match would be over before the first round is loaded.
PickelJars ForHillary it’s in warthunder I believe
@@crunch9876 That is the Brumbar (smaller cousin)
Glad this video came out. Been trying to figure out how to use the battery of SturmTigers I've had laying around for awhile now
Correction on the wheels: All types of Tiger I were used for conversion, early and mid models were simply fitted with late steel wheels during the conversion.
Throw weight per hour:
Sturmkitty: 4*125 = 500 kg/hour
10.5cm leFH 18: 180-220*1.85 = 333-407 kg/hour
15cm sFB 18: 100-120*5.1kg = 510-612 kg/hour
Quantity may have a quality all of it's own - but the bunker you're sitting in is going to disagree with that statement if it ever comes under sustained fire from a battery of these things. That's a whole lot of throw weight, even considering rate of fire.
that's what it was meant to do. Blow open bunkers and fortified positions.
@@5peciesunkn0wn
it also works wonders in clearing out trenches, flattening city blocks and turning an army regiment into minced meat.
put 3 of these next to each other and you pretty much got one turret of battleship bismarck aiming at your position.
sure, but their accuracy seems to be really bad.
it only seem to be good enough for direct fire to the target
If I recall correctly, the one and only time a Sturmtiger engaged enemy armor, it fired a single shot at a group of Sherman tanks and blew up most of them. Which makes me wonder just how effective the Sturmtiger would have been if it had been introduced earlier in the war and had sufficient ammo.
That question literally aplies to most late war german tanks
no point because a sturmtiger is an assault gun with no turning turret, therefore not suitable for offensive operations, which the Germany was carrying out at the time.
the only way I could think of their use at the time was to fight against occupied territory's insurgents or defend supply line for Eastern front. But 1) the much cheaper armored cars at the time were sufficient enough for the 1st task. and 2) The Germany's logistic was a nightmare throughout war and I doubt they could maintain them.
@@williampan29 An assault gun... is not suitable for offensive operations. You may want to look up a couple words in the dictionary.
Well the problem is the Sturmtiger inherits the flaws of the Tiger of being a maintenance nightmare and not being very fast. You then add to the fact that it has no turret and that means eventually the target is probably just going to move out of the way. These things kept breaking down constantly, although not nearly as much as the Ferdinand which was too heavy for its under engineered engine.
@@alex_zetsu It takes 30 minutes to reload. This is not a tank destroyer, but something that can lob rockets at enemy armor formations and hope the blast gets a few.
Sturmtiger? You mean the THICCtiger?
Hey, no weight shaming the tank. You know they´ve been through rough stuff in Eastern Front. They just compensate for trauma.
Its dummy thicc
Thank god, just picked some up and was looking for a tutorial. I’ll show those judges art.
I am always impressed by your research and presentation. I was wondering after you cited your source in the beginning of the presentation how accurate your information would be as you cited what seemed to be the German field manual to operate the vehicle. I was thinking well how many instructional guides really reflect reality, especially in war in a fighting situation. But then you corrected the manual when it compared the tanks armor to the Tiger and I was like damn, he doesn't let anything slip by him! Anyway, really enjoy your videos, I'm a big WWII buff and I've been playing a lot of HOI IV lately. I watch your videos and watch other WWII documentaries/movies at the same time, lots of fun. Have you played Hearts of Iron IV? What do you think?
On my second channel I have some thoughts about hoi4. On this you can historical division layoutsm
I'm living just across the street of the OKH in Wünsdorf. Is it necessary to follow the chain of command or can I just throw the suggestions into the mail box?
just out of curiosity...
;O)
If you live in Germany, you should know the obvious answer (which of course is: Follow the chain of command!). How do you actually dare to ask this question?
@@arnonuhm6922 he just have an sudden urge to ask guidence from Austrian guy
@@ninaakari5181 Hmm..... which Austrian guy are you referring to? Seems like great advice!
@@Verpal what could possibly go wrong when an Austrian guy gives some instructions for Germans?
@@ninaakari5181 You're so right... it had been allways the best choice to ask an Austrian :)
This worked well for over 1000 years now... uhm wait... maybe I mixed something up there ^^
AH yes, quality content right here !
Now all i need is to take a trip to Germany and order a custom-made Sturmtiger and it's also the hardest part :(
I really enjoy the technical I formation here and am super excited to hear temperature actually being considered when referring to the ammunition ballistics . pressure rises or falls depending on if warmer or colder. This is a main reason it's not advisable to use military 5.56 x45mm in a .223 Remington chambered firearm. While it fits , the military cover design is specifically for high pressure and reliability and 223rem is made to tight varmint rifle tollorences , with much shorter lead/throat and much sharper rifling onset angle . On a hot day , the military ammo can destroy the .223 chambered gun from pressure spikes ,from the bullet having to overcome more resistance to leave it's case and engage the rifling . Which is already accounted for with .223.
A cannon would be no different and range would increase or decrease noticably in different temperature extremes . Thankyou for the thought inspiring video.
I read/listened to something recently on the Sturmtiger that I found very interesting. Basically, the thought process is why would it need to be so heavily armored when it is so far away from actual action. You could literally put this mortar on something like a RSO and have the same effectiveness and have it much lighter.
7:30 This is the most German sentence fragment I've ever heard.
Sonderkraftfahrzeug Zwei-einundfünfzig Schrägstrich Achtzehn
Shows up in google.
World of Tanks:
1. Load 1 round for 5 Minutes after deployment
2. Shoot that round into a packed group of enemies and rek them, probably self killing in the process
Man who dislikes these videos? Clearly people who don’t like tanks or history so don’t bother watching. Love these videos! Keep it up
You didn't cover the most important aspect: how was it loaded?
I think this was more of a field manual for Officers than a Panzer Crewman manual.
Very carefully -- always wear titanium toed boots.
more seriously, I imagine that there are manual or electric chain hoists and a hydraulic rammer to get the warhead and its propellant charges into the breach. It's not like a field gun where you could have 12 guys running around.
@@stephen1r2 it´s rocketpropelled, so no separate charges, just the complete shell to load. But still, yeah a hydraulic rammer would be nice :P
I think there was a mounted crane on the top of the Sturmtiger and it was loaded from the outside into the barrel.
I would imagine it was with chain driven winches
Maximum acceptable dispersion for field artillery battery is 2% of firing distance in firing direction. For artillery batallion max acceptable dispersion is 4% of firing distance. Sideways dispersion is half. These stats are from finnish army.
Moi, what does dispersion mean within this context? T. Eetvartti
I was US army FDC Chief for m110's and m109's and I've never heard of that. We used ICM vs HE to take out troops, light vehicles or tanks because ICM gives a good spread at impact. 155mm and 203mm isn't exactly a sniper rifle or a precision weapon system. However one of my favorite quotes from WW2 is from a German General at the end of the war. At the time USA was using the m12, a self propelled 155mm howitzer, to take out sniper positions. To roughly quote the General he said "When the USA starts using 155mm as a sniper weapon it's time to quit"
@@edward9674 hajonta, distance between most distant shells in firemission.
@@readhistory2023 different armies have very different ways of using artillery. In finnish army fire control is at platoon level and usually 18 gun minimum fire in a fire mission. I've read that in many armies control is much higher up in organization, and smaller firing units are also common.
Brother told me about some coastal artillery training exercise firing at a moving surface target. They were supposed to fire ranging shots to get it "dialed in", but somebody destroyed the target with the very first shot and ruined the entire day for everybody.
Instructions unclear, still on the defensive and my army is destroyed.
Surprisingly accurate for such a large weapon with several kilometers range.
@ 4:19 actually I was gonna ask why does the Kriegsmarine have an anti TANK sight...
Could be for coastal bombardment. I think navies had (and still have) a large responsibility in that department.
The Kriegsmarine feared "The Attack of the Swimming Tanks" on Baltic naval bases whether by Shermans or T-34s!;)
No one:" Betcha cant make a hybrid tank that can shoot heavy marine artillery shells."
German engineers:" Its Octoberfest, hold our many pilsners."
Seriously; 1. There are no things like "pilsners", the plural of "ein Pils" are "mehrere Pils".
And 2., if you are drinking Pils at the Oktoberfest, you are doing it double wrong. (Btw. probably every Bavarian is going to hunt you for this, even in your afterlive.)
@@Mortrag fuck off ..its a joke.
@@weirdshibainu ehh it kinda fails at being a "local color" joke since it gets the local color so wrong
Perversely the Australians also mounted an anti-submarine weapon onto a tank. I don't think it actually saw service.
What a great video! Thank you.
Isn't the shell of the Sturmtiger more of a gyrojet than a rocket, a bit like the "Werfergranate 21"?
yes but remember, these were not made to be read by enthusiasts who watch videos of a German guy explaining the finer points of WW2 vehicles.
This is being used by a poorly educated guy who got drafted 3 months ago and only has a basic understanding of how the vehicle works. Thus simpler terminology.
If you want a modern day example of this, try to get your hands on the operators manual and maintenance manual for the same military vehicle. You'll be amazing at how wrong, but simpler, the wording in the operators manual is compared to the technospeak of the maint manual.
The finer points of the distinction between the two would have been as lost on the average wehrmact soldier as they are on your average viewer today. Remember that the source is an operational manual not a technical manual and was likely simplified for the soldiers using the weapon.
@@nilloc93 I can vouch for this having used the technical manual for the Abrams tank when I served and then read the Army tank platoon manual recently. There is a huge difference in the terminology.
This and Dora are the embodiement of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
The Demolisher cannon. One of the eleven guns on the Baneblade.
We need adamantium suspensions!
Just a note. The Sturmtiger in Munster is actually a captured examples shipped to the US. After examination, it was put on display at Aberdeen proving ground. When Aberdeen went through it’s revamp and reorganization, a lot of pieces were sent elsewhere. All of the tanks went to a new museum in Ft. Bennings. The Sturmtiger was sent to Munster on loan, where it is still displayed today.
Do we know where the idea for the Stürmtiger came from? Was it supposed to be a bigger version of the Bummbär? I find it very strange that anyone thought "THAT is what we need!"
My thoughts exactly. A regular Tiger would have been more useful and if the turret ring was too badly damaged to repair make it into an AT design like the Jagdpanther. Germany was completely on the defense by the time these were built and ready for action with allied air forces roaming the skies loading these these things must have been especially nerve racking and the smoke they give off when firing would be exactly what fighter bomber pilots were looking for. Absolutely foolish thing to build. I can imagine someone saying Hey we have these big anti-sub bombs that are useless why don't we try them for land use but, somebody should've said that's a complete waste of a Tiger I chassis and we don't have enough tanks and tank hunters as it is.
Thank you for the great video. I have a picture of me infront of the very same Sturmtiger, since I visited the tank museum with a few friends a few months ago.
hey can you do a video comparing modern to ww2 tanks to show what was learned from their flaws?
I would love to see something like this on the smaller Brummbär assault gun armored vehicle. Fantastic informative video overall. As someone who's been around and fascinated by the old U.S. Army M728 CEV (with its massive 165mm demolition gun), and having seen it in action, I've always been fascinated with such vehicles. I'm still not sure why the U.S. Army never fitted its more modern Abrams based replacements to the M728 with a similar or large assault gun as the snub-nosed cannons also make them more practical in narrow streets in an urban environment or in a forested area where a long cannon can snag on trees.
Just had a Gordon Ramsey ad on this vid.........
Ended up cooking a königstiger
Then eating the sturmgevehr.
Thanks for showing this. I have one sitting behind my shed and didn’t know how operate it.
So the Sturmpanzer IV (Brummbaer) wasn't good enough.
I presume there was a demand for heavier firepower and better armour protection.
At least the Panzer IV chassis had more maneuverability and easier to repair and maintain compared to a Tiger.
thank God for this video, I was wondering what to use for my learner's license! Subbed
Well you can clear the parking spots infront of your work from 5km away.
It actually called “Yeet and Delete”
5:44 Morale effect. Although having a 38cm shell coming at you could change your morals. Thank you for this most excellent video!
Wait, you mean you're NOT supposed to load a person into the gun?
Well, damn, my neighbor really would've appreciated it if you uploaded this earlier, MHV.
Is that Hikigaya's gf?
“ it takes awhile till the kitty roars” amen brother
So this is basically a tiger tank, firing Bismarck caliber V-2 rounds?
good description! Although a bit more clumsy and I think I a bit more frontal armor if I remember correctly.
I don't have a Sturmtiger. Why am I still watching this?
Pay attention, potential dictators: This is what you do if you dont have enough fuel for bombers.
That note that they should only be employed against extended area targets due to their large dispersion (deployments, assemblies, cities and larger bases of operations) seems to confirm their terrible accuracy.
this assumes all four would show up to the battlefield. I'm sure you'd be lucky to get one.
a one-gun battery, with 22 rounds. real good use of resources that.
Hey, that's 2 hours of firing :-)
great video!!! the sturm tiger is one of my favorite tanks!!! keep up the good work!!!
Not a tank.
Finally! Now I can finally fulfill my lifelong dream of being the ruler of Europe
Thanks, u helped me with my brand new sturmtiger
Get 4 Of This
And Strap It on to a Maus
To Have a Portable Nuclear Assulting Bunker
Also Have Like 200 Spare Transmissions
@Biden’s_Bro 58 5 mph/ 2.5 kph
For some reason I really like your animation )) attractive style
4 shots per hour? Wow. Wouldn't some heavy guns be faster & more effective? (esp given the amount of external support protection this behemoth needs?)
"Wouldn't X be more effective?" The question that should have been asked far more often by German weapons manufacturers during WW2.
well, if you watched the video you would know that they where usually used together at the same time, in other words 4 SturmTigers would fire at the same area at the same time. Also each shell contains 125kg of explosives, so basically 4 shots equals 500kg of explosives at the target in one volley. One 15cm shell from a heavy artillery contains 5.1 kg of explosives, so to get the same effect on target you would need about 100 artillery guns firing at once to get the same effect. Basically they where the ultimate shock and awe weapon if you need a little piece of the enemy front line obliterated every 15 min or so. That said the 15cm heavy artillery guns where more useful overall since they didn't need the same planning and logistics to work, but there is something fascinating about a tank with a 380mm gun..
@@Destyvirago the heavy armour may have been justifiable for an army on the strategic offensive, but seems more of a liability for the Wehrmacht late in the war. The longish range of the mortar would suggest that a non or lightly armoured version would be more useful, increasing mobility, rate of fire, and decreasing logistical problems, without exposing the crew to excessive counter fire.
One of the things that might be relevant is that over time people become desensitised, what might have been effective shock tactics in 1939 would not have had the same impact in 1944/5. The implication from the literature seems to have been that this was a weapon designed to be something of a focal point in assaults, deployed as much for the psychological impact it would have as the material one.
Not to say you're wrong about it being an ineffective use of resources.
What about the wide dispersion, wouldn't it be very costly to miss, given the maximum load-out is 12 per vehicle?
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Me: I guess this video will be useful
From this day forwards, whenever someone says "The L-word" I wil always think of Logistics.
Cool vid! You do such a great job on them all...well done.
1.Dismantle it
2. Build other tanks
Welcome to the issue of Nazi Germany... too many tank variations and not enough usable tanks
Gunnerr why waste the metal when you can use 1 to destroy 20?
This was a great podcast 👍
You touched on it lightly, but I think it factors into the 15-minute, reloading time.
And that is the signature the weapon.
Tremendous amount of smoke was generated by this mortar. So much so, it was guaranteed to give away your position. So the panzer grenadiers, would move with the unit, after firing every round.
Hence, the 15-minute reloading time.
Just saying..... ...
And it was the ultimate bunker-buster on tracks!!!💥
Step 1: *Sturmtiger*
Sturmtiger was basically a late "recycled" late Tiger I fitted with casement with the powerful 380 mm Raketen-Werfer 61 L/5.4, a breech-loading barrel, which fired a short-range, rocket-propelled projectile originally developed for the navy. Despite only 18 of those vehicles was produced it was a nasty surprise in Warsaw, if the rounds worked on soft ground and more interestingly dururing the battle for the bridge at Remagen one,of of the Sturmtigers allegedly hit a group of stationary Sherman tanks in a village with a 380mm round, resulting in nearly all the Shermans being put out of action, and their crews killed or wounded. This is the only tank-on-tank combat a Sturmtiger is ever recorded engaging.
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Can a German 15 cm round really weigh only 5 Kg when the NATO 155 mm is closer to 45?
No, the 5 Kg is just the weight of the explosives inside the shell.
@@BenNy-dd6hh ah thanks when he said warhead I was a bit confused
I checked the weight of a Wehrmacht 150 mm round: It's 42 Kg. Source: Lexikon der Wehrmacht.
Where have you been earlier dude, i had my sturmtiger on my garage for year having no idea how to use it
Another case of massive effort for a basically ineffective weapon.
Mike Kent I think the 42,000,000 Russians would tend to disagree about it being “ineffective”
@@scorchclasstitan6727 Based on the video, I doubt a half a million Russians faced one of these.
Mike Kent yea and the allies are saints right ? Because you were there right ?
@@scorchclasstitan6727 How you got that out of my comment is beyond me.....
Mike Kent because you people are that much of a cliche that you think the Germans fell in a matter of hours after they invaded plane .
You are *literally* a walking racial problem .
Could you do a video on the sturmpanzer 4 (Brummbar)?
Rate of fire: 4 shots per hour.
Well, guess this kitty isnt making it to WT :(
you still have the brumbär and the sig33b.
only 150mm instead of 380mm but still more than enough to get rid of anything in your way lol.
Also KV 2 but is ain’t the same.
Love his voice, makes the videos seem more real!
Can I borrow this Sturmtiger to destroy💥 my neighbors house? 🏡
The German standard firing table data conditions
Altitude German "60m über dem Meere" = 60m above sea level = 197 ft. at 10°C = 50°F.
Russian is 15°C = 59°F at sea level (750mm Hg) which also was the British and American WWII standard.
Simple, point it at Warsaw.
Then *profit*
*STONKS*
Thanks for informative video. Good work!!
Excellent video. A true definition of A Beast.
Very good. Sorry that I was wearing my blue t-shirt whilst watching this. The 'I am a cat person' shirt is still drying after a wash. It has survived numerous wearings and washes, and is still super comfortable.
The police stole my "Father Satan take me home" hoodie. They tried to lie and tell me I didn't have a bike when they picked me up, but they had it right there leaning against the wall in the corner in that "single vehicle garage" they pull into before they unload you. For over thirteen years I've been thinking of getting another one [hoodie] done up, but over the past four years or so, I've acquired the know-how, the skills, the experience and the notions to embroider it myself. I'd considered a hoodie or T-shirt that said "I survived fifteen years of Wesleyan-Arminian pentecostalism", but it wouldn't have the same "sucker punch from behind right on the short rib" quality.There was this guy working the till at the sex shop one time, and he had a T-shirt that said "Fuck you you fucking fuck". I want one of those, too. Hey, are you trying to say the entire video is completely irrelevant or something?
This is very important information I will definitely need some day.
How to use the sturmtiger ?
Step 1: point it at the general direction of a blob
Step 2 : fire at its general retreat path
Step 3 : enjoy the sight of your oponent raging at you or in laymans terms profit
The Sturmtiger was used in August 1944 against the Warsaw Uprising. PzStuMrKp 1000 was raised on 13 August 1944 and fought during the Warsaw Uprising with two vehicles, as did the prototype in a separate action, which may have been the only time the Sturmtiger was used in its intended role. During this operation is the only time the Stumtiger was filmed firing a round.
That tube always reminds me of an unfinished pipe with a flange.
As a proud owner of a Sturmtiger I can confirm this is indeed how to Sturmtiger😌
Thanks, now I know what to do when my Neighbor won’t stop Listening to Music