Sturmtiger_abandoned_and_blown_by_its_crew_and_captured_by_US_troops
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Sturmtiger_abandoned_and_blown_by_its_crew_and_captured_by_US_troops

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
Number built
19
(1 prototype and 18 production)

Specifications
Weight
68 tonnes (75 short tons; 67 long tons)
Length
6.28 metres (20 ft 7 in)
Width
3.57 metres (11 ft 9 in)
Height
2.85 metres (9 ft 4 in)
Crew
5
driver
machine gunner / radio operator
loader
2nd loader
commander / gunner
max. 150 mm (superstructure front, at 47° from vertical)
min. 62 mm
Main
armament

380 mm RW 61 rocket launcher L/5.4
(14 rounds, up to 376 kg each)
Secondary
armament

100 mm grenade launcher
(using SMi 35 leaping mines)
7.92 x 57 mm MG 34 machine gun
Engine

V-12, water-cooled Maybach HL230P45 engine
700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)[1]
Power/weight

10,77 PS/tonne
Suspension

torsion-bar
Operational
range

120 kilometres (75 mi)
Speed

40 kilometres per hour (25 mph)
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