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• Nov 26, 2010

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no, I think that was the so called Stuka zu Fuss.
The Stupa was the nick for the Sturmpanzer IV.

And there is a thin line between close support and artillery. In any case, I think even with the Wulfrahmen the range was beyond visual range.

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• Nov 27, 2010

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CharlesBronson

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Yes, you got it right, I did better here

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2-general/special-purpose-panzers-17604-7.html

In spite of that I do believe there was a variant of the Sd.Kfz 251 wich had a nickname beginning with "stu".

I don have to check the range of the 320mm rocket but in any case didnt reached even 4 km, specially with the low elevation in teh stuka zu fuss.

 

• Dec 1, 2010

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Ultra fasinating. Keep them coming if you can. By the way, any more on the Ratte? Did any plans survive or are the reconstructions totally guesswork?

 

• Feb 7, 2015

• #504

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If you ever pop back in Charles Bronson, the majority of the photos on the thread are missing

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• Feb 7, 2015

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CharlesBronson

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Yea, quite sad, imageshak is warped from sometime on.

here a video, Experimental medium tank Henschel VK.30.01 with trench digging equipment.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQLVa6Nr9r8

 

• Feb 8, 2015

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davebender

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What type suspension was used on that medium tank test chassis?

 

• Feb 8, 2015

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vikingBerserker

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That was pretty interesting.

 

• Feb 8, 2015

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CharlesBronson

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davebender said:

What type suspension was used on that medium tank test chassis?

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Well, is clearly visible, interleaved wheels with torsions bars. In other chasis they made the "Sturer Emil" 128mmm self propelled gun, I think 2 or 3 no more than that.

 

• Feb 9, 2015

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What was it with the Germans and interleaved road wheels on everything?

 

• Feb 9, 2015

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planb said:

What was it with the Germans and interleaved road wheels on everything?

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It worked?

 

• Feb 10, 2015

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Looks to me that was the way to have tightly spaced big wheels. Big wheels should mean a smoother ride than with smaller wheels, and probably less strain on the tracks.
At the end of the day, going with the simple suspension and wheel layout, like it was the case on the Pz-III and Pz-38(t) should also give good results, while not having propensity to clog mud snow between the wheels. The Soviet KV and IS tanks used the Pz-III style torsion bar suspension and small wheels, worked just fine. The US designs also used it, at M-18 and Pershing, though with bigger wheels.

 

• Feb 10, 2015

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Softer ride plus superior weight distribution on track = superior off road performance. Softer ride improves crew performance as they don't get bounced around so much. Weapons are more accurate when moving even without stabilization as they don't get bounced around so much. Shock sensitive equipment such as radios and optics not so likely to suffer damage from getting bounced around.

Easy to adjust vehicle length by adding or removing road wheels. This is most obvious when examining German 3/4 track vehicle development.

Probably also helps that Germany was able to mass produce Schachtellaufwerk suspension at relatively low cost using their decentralized manufacturing methods.

 

• Feb 13, 2015

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CharlesBronson

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The most funny part is the the 3 most numerous german armored fighting vehicles of WW2 (panzer III, IV and Stug III) didnt have any of that interleaved thing, probably becaus ethe weight didnt surpass the 30 tons.