"12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H) (Sturer Emil)" Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Nov 2018 10:29 p.m. PST |
"You can think of the Sturer Emil as a kind of sniper rifle for tanks, and the one that did see action in Stalingrad had racked up at least 22 kills before it was captured. Essentially a 5-inch anti-aircraft gun mounted on a Henschel VK30.01 tank chassis, the Emil was a massively effective and fairly inexpensive weapon. Only material shortages and the end of the war kept Germany from putting it into mass production" link See here link Amicalement Armand
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Griefbringer | 27 Nov 2018 2:52 a.m. PST |
Deja-vu? TMP link Have you tried building the Trumpeter 1/72 scale kit yet? |
Lee494 | 27 Nov 2018 4:37 a.m. PST |
With the prototypes in action at Stalingrad in late 42, early 43, similar timing as for the Tiger I's combat debut and six months prior to the Panthers debut, it certainly wasnt the end of the war that curtailed production as the article claims. Rather it probably was seen, correctly, as a dead end in design. Same reason Ferdinand/Elephant production was never pursued beyond the first batch. The Nashorn fit the German lightly armored and mobile Panzer Jager concept much better while its 88mm L/71 was quite capable of dealing with any Soviet tank extant in 1943 at very long range. The Germans next attempt at mounting a mobile 128mm was the Jagd Tiger, arguably a much better AFV. Just my opinion. Cheers! |
deephorse | 27 Nov 2018 9:35 a.m. PST |
Rather it probably was seen, correctly, as a dead end in design. Same reason Ferdinand/Elephant production was never pursued beyond the first batch. That's not the reason why only 90 Ferdinands were produced. In October 1942 the Army cancelled its order for 100 Porsche Tigers after only 10 had been completed. Shortage of parts had already caused production to stop the previous month. However, in that month (September 1942) it was decided to convert the remaining 90 hulls into a tank destroyer, the Ferdinand. This was 10 months before the battle of Kursk and any shortcomings in the design of the Ferdinand becoming apparent. Production "was never pursued beyond the first batch" because there was never any intention nor possibility of producing any more Porsche Tiger hulls. Making the 90 Ferdinands severely curtailed production of the Panzer IV at the Nibelungenwerk, and so regardless of how well or badly the Ferdinand performed they were not going to resurrect the Porsche chassis in late 1943 in order to make any more of them at the expense of the Panzer IV. The reason that only 90 Ferdinands were made is that they only had 90 hulls available to make them from. |
Tango01 | 27 Nov 2018 11:00 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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Lee494 | 27 Nov 2018 12:58 p.m. PST |
True, the Ferdinands were created to make use of the 90 hulls. Had it been a War Winner design they would have found a way to produce more, including curtailing pz iv production. |
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