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Sturmtiger - The Tank With A 380mm Cannon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2020
- One of the most unique and intriguing tanks of the Second World War was the Sturmtiger. Based upon the infamous Tiger Tank, it was a military vehicle fitted with a HUGE 380mm cannon or mortar. You might think this was massive, and capable of knocking out any other tank, but there was a problem.
The Sturmtiger was a tank with a clear objective, to be able to wreak havoc on heavily urbanised areas, industrial areas and towns. If the German army was attacking a city, the Sturmtiger would be a key vehicle, using its incredible mortar to bring buildings to the ground, and it could penetrate over 2 and a half metres of reinforced concrete.
The Sturmtiger would see limited service, and only 18 of them would be made. It was strictly really an offensive weapon and tank, however it came out at a time in which the Germans were on the defensive. It did see offensive action throughout the Warsaw Uprising, however it was a truly fearsome weapon. During other various battles at the end of the conflict it would also be used, and actually destroyed a number of Shermans with it's huge over 1.5 metre long shell.
So join us today as we take a look at the Sturmtiger, the Tank with a 380mm cannon.
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Imagine like 50 of these things in a defensive line, all firing at the same time. Would be a sight to behold.
But they were only 10
that'd cost like a bajillion trillion billion reichsmarks, rip the german economy lmao
@@kingofsomething3250 to that point government didn't give a fudge about economy or people Hitler pointed all on the army.He also said "if the german people can't win the war then they don't deserve to live" or something like that so here's the fact
@@G4b08 spot on, but that'd still kill the reich's economy. it didn't matter how delusional the short mustache man was. i get your point though.
All at the same target
Sturmtiger Commander: Gunner, do see that Village?
Gunner: Yes.
Commander: Well, I don't want to anymore!
Gunner: *Yes*
Gunner: The view has now been replaced with a Crater.
"Horizon widened, Commander."
😂😂😂😭
Derp!!!
should replace the last with -
Gunner: deleted
Cannon ? a Rocket mortar
Like so much of Germany's military tech "Good idea, too bad no one started it last year."
Actually it wasn't a good idea.
After using it in Warsaw the tank commander stated in the after action report, that the gun is so devastating that it could not be fired in close range, else it would damage the tank. And since it had to be fired from afar that there was no point in armoring the vehicle this heavy. Also it made the terrain completely unusable.
Christopher Conard Thank god for that.
My heart goes out to the people who have to hear you talk every day.
Im glad im not the only one who completely despises that dam voice
Was very hard to listen 👂 for sure. Killing my ears.
Brings a whole new meaning to the term ... Derp Gun.
It makes the KV2 look tiny.
The kv2 has met it's match.
But both wt and wot wouldn't want it in game.
@@doritolegend9664 152mm vs 380mm? Pfft
@@yallgotcheez6285 I mean atleast one of them is an actual gun lol
@@doritolegend9664 they all an actual gun wdym? one of em shoots rocket? its still a real gun tho
I just about shit myself and panic a little every time I see one of these in bf5 when I’m driving a Sherman lol
puss
😂😂 me too
It's fun to have Sturmtiger in bf V
You never know it could be me
The problem is, if the Sturmtiger player is bad at driving it, it's easy prey. But if he is familiar with the tank, he'll annihilate you
Amazingly after action reports from the commanders who were in charge of Sturmtiger units actually thought the 38cm RW61 was far more poweful than what was needed. They suggested developing an assault gun with a smaller weapon which would be able to reload faster and carry more rounds on board. (BTW the the Germans never called the Sturmpanzer-IV the "Brummbar", this was a term coined by post war armor enthusiasts, the Germans actual nickname for it was "Stupa")
just like the germans never called it sturmtiger but more like sturmmortar or whatever the german word is
@@Millionaires.Empire True, it's actual name is "Sturmmorserwagen 606/4 mit 38cm Raketenwefer 61," but if you actually use the term StuMwg-606/4 no one will know what the hell your talking about.
@@calessel3139 thank you for the name
I see…. So the stupa was the answer to this? Something with a better reload time and could carry more ammunition. I know the sturmtiger was used to great effect in the warsaw uprising. There must of been times where that extra power was actually needed.
It was not a cannon. It was a rocket launcher.
It was in fact a "cannon" that fired a Rocket propelled shell. The term "mortar" only applies if using indirect fire, being this was designed mainly as a direct fire support weapon, "canon" is actually the correct term.
The Germans sure had a thing for expensive, overengineered, impractical AFVs.
Yes, just think of how many more 88mm artillery pieces they could have produced instead of building the Krupp cannon and Dora. They were almost finishing a 3rd such cannon when the war ended.
@@psilvakimo I think what you have to see here are mainly two points. The intended purpose. And the timeline when it was put in development. The Sturmtiger was made as a highly specialised weapon intended to deal with situations how the German army encountered it in urban combat between the years of 1941 and 42 in Russia in particular. This often lead to situations where the German army found themself in a position where they had to attack heavily fortified positions without but without heavy weaponry at their disposal. As most know the combat in Stalingrad was very brutal and costly particularly in manpower. It was not uncommon in Stalingrad to use a large amount of explosives inside a building and to just lit up the fuse and destroying it with the enemy soldiers remaining inside as the only way to get rid of the resistance. But such tactics had to be employed by the infantry and combat engineers under heavy enemy fire which often lead to many casualties. And this lead to the request of a weapon platform with a high caliber gun firing high explosive shells preferably at closer ranges for more accurate fire intended as infantry support and also armoured well enough to withstand most infantry weapons. Because in 1941 and 42 the German army had a few self propelled weapons but with a relatively limited use and insuficient protection. See Sturmpanzer I and II.
When you look for example at the Sturmtigers mortar/shell it was capable of simply destroying a whole building with the resistance inside which was seen as a good solution rather than to waste men. The other option might have been to use heavy artillery or planes but with much worse accuracy. The Soviets very often used heavy weapons like self propelled guns like the Model 1931 (B-4)
203mm Self-Propelled Heavy Howitzer in a direct fire role for the same reason during the battle over Berlin 1945. In such a situation the Sturmtiger was actually a very devastating and fearsome weapon. As shown in the Warsaw uprising where the Germans used the Sturmtiger to destroy occupied buildings.
The Sturmtiger and it's development can not be seen like your average weapon systems and thus comparing it with them is a bit of a problem. Particularly when you talk about the costs or efficiency. It was never menat to be a weapon for mass production and only used in rather specific situations. Once the Sturmtiger was ready for deployment however the war has already progressed in a direction which was not very favourable for the German army and there was much less urban combat as extreme like in Stralingrad.
But with saying this it is not rare to see contracts given for a low number of vehicles or weapon systems intended to deal with certain situations. The US and British had also some very rare vehicles in their arsenal. Like the Churchill Avre of which some variants have been equiped with the BL 6.5-Inch Mk.I, a 165mm howitzer designed to fire HESH rounds with an 18kg C4 warhead. And there have been vehicles designed to specifically deal with the defences at Day. And some of them have been even complete failures. When it comes to a war like WW2 the cost of some vehicles is always relative and it's usually very complex.
@@CrniWuk at the end of ww2 germany and the ussr were literally just in a dick measuring contest
@@CrniWuk correct what you stated but with such few modified Tigers, 18 units produced, it was almost insignificant against the allies. There has been only 1 video in action in Warszawa that destroyed a high building and an interesting episode during the battle for the bridge at Remagen they mobilised some 7 units to take part of the battle. The Sturmtigers was originally tasked to hit the bridge but it was discovered that they lacked the accuracy needed to hit it. During this action, one of the Sturmtigers near Düren and Euskirchen allegedly hit a group of stationary Shermans 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 in.
@@paoloviti6156 For the war as a whole it had of course absolutely no meaning that's true. But like I said, if they still had in 1944 situations like in 1942, the Sturmtiger would have seen a lot of urban combat like Stalingrad or Leningrad serving as infantry support. The Germans had anyway a habit of deploying only a handfull of units in combat. Like some Waffenträger, Sturer Emil, Dicker Max and so on.
380mm is 15 inches. Thats a battleship shell!
Wasn't a real cannon, but a rocket launcher .
@@jansolo55 It started out as a Navy A/S rocket launcher.
@@thhseeking Yes , it's right !!
more of a depth charge launcher
Its still a 15" weapon onna tank
I believe there was a plan to put tracks on the Bismark. Because, you know, bigger is better.
No, only for 1000 tons heavy land battleships with 2 x 280 mm guns as main weapon. Die Ratte - the rat
@@pegefounder pffft 1000 tons!? You call that a Tank? This is a Tank! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster
Bismarck please or should I call your battleships not "King Josh V", "Prince of Sales" oder "Wood"?
Might as well, did not last long at sea
Germany is broken
Me and the boys gonna score some three pointers with hand held grenades
"at the second world waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar"
Imagine firing these to where you supposed to target but misfired and slew enemy tanks instead.
RNG if you ask me
It wasn't a misfire.
They saw the platoon of Sherman's grouped tohlgether and the crews get out and mill around their tanks etc. They saw an opportunity a d took it with devastating results.
Amazing Video Dude,
Subscribed. Great work 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I wish there were more photos / films of this, I love this thing because it's both devastating and ridiculous ... similar idea to a sturmpanzer iv "brummbar" but on tiger chassis with absurd gun, so awesome, I heard there's only 2 survivors 1 in museum in Munster 1 in kubinka
You are right ! where are living enemies ??? Greetings from Germany
Just taking a guess but it's major problem would have been the replenishment of munitions during action, it couldn't carry many. In an urbane environment speed wouldn't be a problem, but resupplying would.
Deutsche Technik im 2ten Weltkrieg: ist es groß?
-Ja sir
-macht es *GRÖßER*
Translation:
German Technology in the 2nd world war:
Is it big?
-Yes sir
-Make it *BIGGER*
wieso sollten die Deutschen "Sir" sagen? 🤔
FASCINATING .enjoed it, well done..........
The problem was getting it where it was needed and then escaping with it out of an area if it needed to cross a bridge or stream
I feel the range and speed of the Sturmtiger are irrelevant for a siege weapon.
And a siege weapons is irrelevant for an army that had been in retreat since very late 1942.
Would have been interesting if you mentioned how the gun/shell works. It is a rocket propelled shell, the holes around the barrel are for the gasses so they don't grt inside the tank.
This is a certified Sturmtiger classic 😎
Great video, mate! Very informative and good pictures. I can pick your voice out easily, nearly every sentence you read ends in a high/low cadence.
THANKS FOR YOU SPEAKING IT TELLING US WHATTOO KNOW CHEERS .
Awesome vid :) ..btw the brummbär translates to grumpy bear .. in a sense.. :)
Very good narrative. Thank you. Extremely informative.
It is interesting to note all the muzzles’ of the Sturmtiger barrels each seem to display a unique pattern of pressure/vent[?] holes around the opening.
One wonders what manufacturing process would cause them to have to build such a uniqueness into each weapon.
Also, I’ve heard from other sources that the weapon, or some portion of the Sturmtiger’s weapon, originated from a deck mounted naval depth charge launcher.
Has anyone else heard of this information?
Very bad narration, half of it was capy-paste from wikipedia.
Those holes are ventilation shafts. They are made to reduce the chamber preassure and prevent venting the fumes into crew compartment.
And yes, this gun (or rather rocket mortar) was based on heavy depth charge launcher. But I think it was a prototype launcher, never used on any ships.
@@wardasz - Thanks for response to my question. Do you know why there was such a variety of patterns of barrel vent holes? Even based on the limited number of photographs I’ve seen of the weapon, it appears that almost every gun seems to have it’s own unique pattern.
@@parrot849 No idea, never heard about it, until you point it out I don't realise it.
Only suspicion I can have is German way of production - handwork and crafting. No production line, no automation. So, mayby they just have to drill certain amount of holes and know that they cannot be to close one from another, but beside that they can drill them wherever they wanted?
With question like that go to someone more related to this stuff. Someone from Panzermuseum in Munster, perhaps? They have a YT channel if I remember corectly, soo...
@@wardasz - Thanks
The Dust bin launcher What they got called my British troops! Good video wish my Grandad was alive today I'm now an armour modeller but don't just build for the sake of it, it's the history behind each vehicle I learn I love aswell! I'll always remember I was with my Grandad as a kid and he pointed to one the old metal bins and said we got shells that size fired at us from this big Gerry tank haha! He knew them as the dust bin launchers haha
I actually found out about Sturmtiger in War Thunder, its pretty cool to learn about it!
it reminds me of the AVRE of hobarts funnies which was a very successful attacking tank of heavy fixed positions, so i dont doubt it would be a success in that role but without a machine gun i think its defensive capabilities really very limited...a interesting video non the less...so a sub here...thanks for the info :P
Interesting. Thank you.
Where did you find the thumbnail for this video? My family is actually in posession of the original film that that screenshot comes from, but im trying to find more out about it.
The thumbnail is actually not a sturmtiger but a brummbar.
@@briandamage5677 no thats defenetely a sturmtiger
It has the crane and look at the rocket size and the fact its a rocket
@@genetoishere9002 Look again. The brummbar has the Panzer IV chassis, not a shortened tiger chasis like the sturmpanzer. Wikipedia even uses the same brummbar picture. The brummbar had a 15 cm howitzer.
@@briandamage5677 ,nah its definitely a sturmtiger look at the shell
@@manolisiatrou5537 He changed the thumbnail. Original picture was a brummbar.
Thanks mate 👍🇳🇿
Amazing to see how many different vehicles there where for jobs that one vehicle can do today
Say tiger tank. “Tiger tank” ok now say Sturmtiger. *”S T U R M T I G A”*
😂😂😂
The Sturmtiger didn't borrow the name.
They mounted a massive assault gun onto the Tiger chassis and hence called it assault tiger or in german Sturmtiger.
It borrows the name because it is a nickname.
@@williamcampbell9859 a nickname isn't borrowed it is given.
@@ArfurFaulkesHake says who? You're just making shit up.
@@williamcampbell9859 If a nickname was borrowed it would have existed beforehand. The name Sturmtiger didn't exist before the machine did. The name Sturmtiger came about as shortening of "Sturmmörser Tiger" wich menans Assault Mortar Tiger.
@@ArfurFaulkesHake it borrowed the tiger name only. This is standard colloquial English usage of the word and anybody who isn't being a pedant or perhaps isn't autistic as fuck understands clearly the intention and meaning.
Warsaw Uprising '44 saw these in action.
Some heartfelt advice from someone who has done radio for about 20 years. Don't raise your pitch at the end of every sentence, it makes you sound like you're doubting what you're saying. Lower your voice instead, if you're sure about what you're saying. I see this issue very often now, probably most with millennials. In short: be confident or don't go public.
Hitler:
"I think the current armament of our Panzer I and II is outdated and ineffective. Maybe we should develop a new 38mm gun."
Krupp:
"38?! I think this will be a little overkill, but you are the boss."
A few years later:
"Oh... I thought you said centimeters."
One day, I'm gonna try to climb into the barrel of a Sturmtiger. Doesn't make sense to have that as one of my life goals, but there it is
When you need four crew members and a crane mounted on the back of the vehicle just to load one shell of ammunition to the barrel. You know you have over-engineered it.
figures that the only tank on tank action was accidental.
That is what it said in divorce court
It wasn't an accident.
They saw the platoon of Sherman's grouped tohlgether and the crews get out and mill around their tanks etc. They saw an opportunity a d took it with devastating results.
8:22 ..hold the image ..why does it have USB ports?
Thanks now I can't unsee it
@@vermillion7196 :-)
those are vision ports bruh, but they do like USB ports tho
@@dominicgorriceta6487 r/woosh
That is actually an "Universal Systematic Binding" port.
"Doktor Richter:
[referring to the Smartphone obtained from Washington] I invented this cable to connect this machine with our main computer. I call it Universal Systematic Binding - USB for short."
(From the movie Iron Sky [2012])
Nice informative vid, anyone knows the title of the background music?
I cant believe this hasn't been added to war thunder yet
ikr but then again grinding is too painful
It would've been too powerful. It fires 380mm rocket shells just one of those took out four Sherman tanks for crying out loud.
@Kabuki Kitsune when people say they want things like the sturm tiger in game they don't mean they want it because it would be good they just want it because it was a meme, so yes I would want the sturm tiger in game.
It's not "Brummbar", it's "Brummbär". You can pronounce it like "Brummbear" 😊
Who cares
@@unclejimmy2630 you seem to care enough. Stop caring right now!
@@1337fraggzb00N ?
@@unclejimmy2630 aww you stil care 🥰
Doesn't matter whose side your are on or what you think in ideology. But german enginnering had/must be one of the most advanced and most fascinated in the world.
At least during the war.
So advanced that it hindered them and helped them lose the war.
German engineering was great. But it was German engineering. Over engineered with high hopes that it could never reach in the time it was demanded.
Devastating effectiveness but also used in various Wehrmacht parades and celebrations when Leutnant Evel Knievel climbed in the Sturmtiger tube, an oompah band commenced, then was fired out over the crowd to great applause.
It wasn't a cannon. It was considered 380 rocket mortar.
It was in fact a "cannon" that fired a Rocket propelled shell. The term "mortar" only applies if using indirect fire, being this was designed mainly as a direct fire support weapon, "canon" is actually the correct term.
History has shown such tanks we're next to useless.
7:27 Once stood right infront of that exact tank :D
Is the footage at 2:16 in Estonia? At least that's what some people told me.
Its crazy how big those shells are
They are actually rockets
The gun looks like a water pipe with holes on the mounting flange. Just looks like there should be a longer tube bolted onto it.
Really cool piece of tech, but the British just stuck a mortar to their turret and it did just as well, especially paired with another of the same tank that they'd stuck a flamethrower in.
“Guys, this is just too much. I understand we’re doing war and stuff but this has become absurd, we need to stop”
-nobody apparently
Realize you sitting in Sherman and this huge rocket flying on your position...you have really bad day:)
Also iam curious test it on modern tanks how much dmg in can do.
How does this compare.to the Churchill AVRE 'flying dustbin 🗑 '?
I think the AVRE was more cost effective
I loved this on bf5 in online game play
Strictly speaking this wasn't a tank, but an SPG, and didn't have a cannon, but a bombard. In fact, this weapon was originally used in the Navy for fighting submarines.
the sturm bouncy trouncy tigger...
I cannot find Jack All on the 100MM GL. I imagine the GL (ppl say it's located Up Top, the top hatch of the loading hatch, one closest to the crane) functions more like a Gun Port...least from the little pictures I can find
I know in BFV, the Commanders Cupola (?) Was what was used as the "GL".
I wonder if any shells went through the barrel, it’s a pretty big target
2B1 Oka: *Allow me to introduce myself*
A BIG BIG boom-boom.
I wonder if this mortar wouldn't have been better served mounted on a halftrack type truck with reloads only available from supporting trucks. The shock caused by one of these block buster mortars makes a one-shot limitation an acceptable exchange for the better mobility.
W8 waaaat? Putting this on a halftrack? Yea, this would be a truly one shot weapon - first shot the suspension would be out of action forever. Here goes your better mobility
Marcin Wardzinski , not necessarily, it should be possible to put a couple of heavy duty jacks under the base of the mortar, taking any reaction forces directly into the ground so the suspension would only experience minimal stress from firing. Similar supports are quite common in mobile artillery systems.
@@seavpal Maby today, but not in WW2. And even than... nach, i'ts just to deam huge.
On begine of the war Germans put a 88mm flak on the halftrack. And thay used sdkfz8, heaviest halftrack they have for a base.
I don't think anyone put any gun even close to 380mm on a light chassis. Heaviest I recal, US 203mm and 240mm howitzers, used heavy fully tracked base.
Marcin Wardzinski , that kind of gun support was in use since at least the beginning of the 20th century, so that's not the problem. Now I think about it, you're right about the suspension failing, just not necessarily from firing, it would probably fail before it could ever get into firing position at the first little bump it tries to run over, because the mortar's weight is too much for any halftrack. I'd taken the weight of only the mortar tube and tank-mount, but it would require a far heavier mount plus the base reinforcement in the halftrack, it would be far to heavy to drive.
Only 18 made and yet some survived! Where are these survivors located at? Great photos and info here!
Where is that museum at 7:17? An Amazing selection of late war armour.
@@chriscarbaugh3936 russia
the taiiigaa and the mortaaa doesn’t have a doooghtaa
I was curious about this tank thanks to always dying on battlefield V from this tank! 🤣
are you the fella that says "toowit-toowoo" on the british series Toast?
There is a rare piece of film somewhere actually showing it firing ...
I have a video about German WWII armor that actually shows this vehicle firing its munitions during the Warsaw Uprising. The video(s) are: WAR The Archive Collection - TIGER Heavy Tank Panzer VI & Great Fighting Machines of WWII - Axis Armor.
Its not Brummbar, its Brummbär. Like Brumm-bear. It literally means humming bear.
Olá boa noite, adoro seu canal. Gostaria que você pudesse tirar uma dúvida: como uma munição explosiva lançada de um canhão não explode dentro do próprio cano do canhão se ela recebe uma tremenda força G no momento que é disparada? Obrigado, Luciano.
Was more of a launch tube than a cannon
Wouldnt it rather count as a Demolition charge projector/ rocket projector
Sturmtiger in a nutshell:
Hans: see the tank over zere?
Muller: Yes hans
sturmtiger: *_SHOTS_****
Hans: now it s vanished! *_MAGICC_*
Muller: *_MAGIC_*
Coming to War Thunder right now !
Would have been devastating on the beaches of Normandy if they had them deployed.
This gun is literally just a snub nose revolver stuck out the front of the tank
this vehicle should have been used against allied ships invading Normandy
Not as Cannon,but it's just Rocket Launcher 🗿
4200 meters?? omg. thats way more range than i tought
Hobart invented something similar for landing at Normandy to break down Pill Boxes or anything that was Concrete like obstacles?
The Churchill AVRE
its a giant rocket luncher!!
Rocket assisted shell
and now I have it in warthunder :D:D:D:D
The only thing in exeistence the KV-2 is feared of....
Still waiting for this in blitz
I really don´t want to sound rude, but the way you emphasize the last word of every sentence grinds my gears. It just sounds unnatural
A yes the 1 hour reload tank
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Derp!
15” derp gun lmao 😂 the shells just clear your own path to drive! Lol
Sadly that Sturmtiger that was hit in the rear got hit by Bazooka rounds. Not a Sherman tank.
Also would have made a great single barrel Nebelwerfer
Was it a mortar or wasn´t it more a rocket launcher?
Perhaps the Sturmtiger would have performed better if it had a Trojan Support Vehicle.
An open breach would be a total liability ... any shooter could pop one down the mortar barrel !
to little effect and it never really happened.....
Sturmtiger, German Swimming Pool Maker
I wonder how damaging it would be against a modern day m1a1s Armour