I will solve it the way all genius tank engineers solve their problems… Slap some ERA on it
“Loads M829A4 with malicious intents”
No it wasnt. THe 380mm shell weithgs a whopping 300 kilograms. No known man can lift that inside a tank.
that same crane was used to load the shell into the cannon.
Nope. There is another crane inside the sturmtiger what assisted on lifting the ammo on rail. And that inner loading system is operated completely by loader and co loader.
That exterior crane is only used lifting ammo inside the tank, not loading cannon
And yes, 2 guys could lift 300kg shells using lines on assist, It has been done in old naval guns.
I may be stupid, but i dont see any “additional cranes”.
in this video, of a tank in a museum (WG channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZNZCTNGtlI) it is also not visible of any crane. More than that, its visible that those shots are stored such a way inside crane wont let you operate them.
show me that lines please
You do realize naval guns has much more space inside them to operate efficiently right?
Can’t say the same thing for Strumtiger tho.
Yeah I do, but was saying it is still poasible. And they did it on naval guns :D
Strumtiger is based on Tiger1 hull which makes it pretty cramped for loading such a big shells from the inside unlike naval guns.
Not saying its impossible but judging the shell weight and its size its unlikely to load the shell from the inside.
Just a minute, I’ll place info on loading of that rocket when I get on my pc. Cant do it on Phone.
There’s a pic of that crane used inside sturmtiger to allign the rocket on rail.
And you can see that rail right under that rocket , where it would be placed and then pushed on breech
You are welcome.
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God I hate M55.
It just refuses to die. Especially in Puma and Pz IV trying to kill.this thing feels like never-ending suffering.
I think I need around 4 penetrating hits on average to kill one while driving M4 with its big-a55 explosive filler.
British tanks probably take minutes to kill this thing with solid shot.
M55 is only slightly less survivable than KV-1Zis being shot with 100 pen cannon.
So asked several friends, and manaegd to find two photos:
it seems like there were no crane, but a rail with a hook which was used to operate the cannon without leaving the tank. So its a real deal
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