- Yes
- No
The well known and loved Wespe was a stopgap solution that turned out to be better and more than just a stopgap to get a mobile and nimble 10,5 cm LeFH 18/M L/28 to the front after the rather failed Waffenträger IVb programm. It was build on an redesigned Pz II Ausf. F chassis after the success of the Marder II tank destroyers, giving it a new sloped front designe to save weight, placed the engine in the middle to create workingspace in the back where the 10,5 cm LeFH 18/M L/28 was placed in an superstructure.
While rather cramped it was still big enove to work with, as well as considdering that it is build on a light tank chassis with a gun more than 5 times as big as its original gun.
Specifications:
Length: 4.81m
Width: 2.28m
Height: 2.3m
Weight: 11 tons
Engine: Maybach HL 62 TRM 6 cylinder with 140Ps/2600rpm
Speed: 40 kmh
Armor: May also be increased by having tracks hanging down the supersturcture like the Sturer Emil ingame.
Front Side Back
Hull: 30mm/15° 15mm/90° 10-15mm
Superstructure: 10-15mm 10mm/17° 8mm/16°
Armament: 10,5 cm LeFH 18/2/M L/28 32-40 rounds
10,5 cm 10 sec reload (aced) or less conciddering its light nature -5° to +42° and 20° traverse each side
Aphe, He and Heat (and by british as well as amarican source also Apcbc Pzgr Rot)
Ammo:(Click to show)
Ap:
Pzgr. (Aphe) 14 kg 238g (304,64g aquivalent) filler 480 m/s 72mm/10m
Pzgr. Rot (Apcbc) 15,56 kg 250g (357,5g) 461 m/s 82mm/10m
Gr.39 Rot Hl/B (Heat) 12,35 kg 2,53 kg filler aquivalent 495 m/s 105mm/all
(More Pictures in Hl/C)
Gr.39 Rot Hl/C (Heat) 12,35 kg 2,53 kg filler aquivalent 495 m/s 115mm/all
10,5 / 7,5 cm Pzgr.39 TS (Apcbc-DS) 6,4 kg 17g H.10 765 m/s 138mm/10m
He:
F.H.Gr. (He (TF)) 14,81 kg 1,75 kg filler Fp.02 und Np.10 (2,24 kg TnTa) 470 m/s
F.H.Gr. F (He (TF)) 14,81 kg 2,21-2,335 kg filler Fp.02 und Np.10 (2,83-2,99 kg TnTa) 540 m/s
10,5 / 8,8 cm Sprgr.42 Ts (He-DS) 9,3 kg 850-935g Fp.02 and Np.10 (1,088-1,197 kg) 620 m/s
(Didnt find the drawings, as such here is the real thing)
Utility:
F.H.Gr. Nb. (Smoke) 14 kg 50g smokestuff dont expect much 480 m/s
Kt. (Canitster Shot) 15 kg 465 m/s
H.Schr.16 (Shrapnell-TF) 15,6 kg 0,2 kg Blackpowder 461m/s
450 Steelballs of 13,8mm
Some incendary effect by the pitch around the balls.
Source:
German Explosive Ordanance Projectiles and Projectile Fuzes
Geschoßringbuch Band I
Merkblatt für die Munition der leichten Feldhaubitze 18
Panzerartillerie
Firepower for the Panzer Divisions Thomas Anderson
Panzers I & II Germany’s Light Tanks Bob Carruthers