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There's nothing gentle about the vehicle known officially as the 38cm RW61 auf Sturmmörser Tiger�, a vehicle designed specifically to destroy buildings and strong-points. An enormous 38cm mortar was mounted in a fixed casemate atop a Tiger I chassis, instead of the usual turret-mounted 8.8cm gun. Interestingly, the massive mortar fired rocket-assisted ammunition, with vents in the wall of the gun tube designed to exhaust the gases forward. The 38cm weapon had a creditable maximum range of 4,600m and the complete Sturmtiger vehicle weighed a staggering 65 tons. Only 18 such Sturmtigers were converted by Alkett at its Berlin-Spandau plant from August to December 1944. They were mainly used in the defense of Germany, and this is the case with Dragon Armor's latest 1/72 scale incarnation of the 38cm RW61 auf Sturmmörser Tiger. This Sturmtiger model is based on a vehicle from Sturm-Mörser-Kompanie 1001 that fought in the vicinity of Bonn in 1945. This unit was established on September 23 Size: 1:72 Type: Models & Miniatures Color: Multi-Color Color Mapping: Multi-Color
References
^ (2012). 1/72 38cm R61 Auf Sturmtiger, 1001st Sturmmörser Kompanie, Bonn Area 1945, Dragon Models. Newegg. UPC 089195604590 (revised Jul 2015)
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