MeatEtr Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Found this short story the other day about a capture of a SturmTiger. Thought you all might find it interesting. Also, theres a small video clip of the beast firing its huge shell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 " It blew a hole in the ground near me the size of a tank." That's it? A Sturmtiger's 38cm shell hit the ground next to his M4 amid a battailon of infantry and all that happened was it created a large hole in the ground? Rather unimpressive... "The German tank crew as it turned out were Schutzstaffel (Waffen SS) dressed in black uniforms. One of them was wearing a GI sweater and combat boots. During questioning at battalion headquarters he said he obtained the clothes at Malmedy, Belgium (where a German armored unit killed defenseless American prisoners). I do not know if he made it back to the PW cage but I suspect not." Black uniforms? Maybe he didn't know that the Panzertruppe generally wore black uniforms... OK, so our Sturmtiger-crew were members of the Waffen-SS. And since they apparently got involved in the Malmedy massacre (bloody bastards) they even were members of the elite LSSAH, since part of that unit was responsible for the massacre. Strange, because neither the LSSAH nor the Waffen-SS at all were equipped with Sturmtigers... I'd take that report with a grain of salt... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tar Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 From the video clip, I was impressed with the amount of dust thrown up by the shot. That, and the dust/smoke from the impact. Now to get those effects into CMxx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 I totally agree with you Para. Was waiting for a post like yours. The story sounded fishy to me too. Also, how the hell would a tank crewman know what was said in the interrogation of the Sturmtiger crewmen back at battalion HQ? Although i still like the very short video clip of it firing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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