kenfedoroff Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 For what it's worth,.... Page 429 from "From Normandy to the Ruhr: With the 116th Panzer Division in World War 2" by Heinz Gunther Guderian "Enemy troop concentrations around the road junction northwest of Kirchhellen were a rewarding target. Hauptman Adam, who led the 1st Battalion of the Panzer Regiment, reported the following after the war:" "Four Storm Tigers were subordinated...to me...Since, due to the rocket propulsion, the projectiles left a long, meteor-like smoke trail behind them and thereby gave away the firing position, the position had to be changed after every round." The first deployment was in the Dorsten-Kirchhellen area. After the evacuation of Kirchhellen, we took up position in the forest north of Feldhausen....We had a good view of the fork in the road north of Kirchhellen and observed that strong American combat units were assembled there and had come to a standstill. With all four Storm Tigers, a salvo...was fired. The effect...was hard to comprehend in those days. Vehicles flew through the air, and tanks flipped over like cardboard boxes. Of course, we had to immediately leave our position, but it took hours for the enemy to recover." It's a good thing they didn't have too many of these STs. Best regards, Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 One is more than enough but 4 of those shells at the same time? :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooz Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 So, anyone using the "Happy face Sturmtiger mod"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 *Shameless self plug* If you want a happy face from your ST why not try "If Only" at the Scenario Depot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Originally posted by CRSutton: The shell was loaded frontally just like a mortar round and the ST carried a small crane for loading purposes. No, no, no! This statement has been made more than once on this forum and it is not true. The external crane was used to load rockets into the vehicle. There was another crane/trolly on the ceiling which was used to place rockets in the storage racks and into the INTERNAL breech. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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