Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "German Artillery Tactics \u0026 Combat in WW2" video.

  1. Brummbär, sturmtiger and such were mostly used for blowing up buildings in city fighting. Their huge short fat gun were excellent at delievering a big heavy explosion, and their armour were super-thick so they could take much fire in the fighting inside cities. And having a short gun barrel might not being a bad thing when you try to move a tank around in the narrow streets in a city. But these machines were bad for everything else. Their heavy armour made then slow. Their big guns made them slow to reload. Their short gun barrel made their shots flying out from the gun barrel at a slow speed which gave their shots bad precision at longer ranges, and it made it more difficult to hit moving targets at longer ranges as they could just evade the shots. And when you fight enemy tanks you also want fast flying shots so you can punch through the enemy armour and make an explosion inside the enemy tank and knock it out. Leaving a firecracker on top of a thick armour plate will not cause much damage, and the same thing goes with a high explosive round hitting a heavily thick armoured tank - it would simply be more effective to fire a fast moving projectile of a hard material that could punch through the armour and then explode inside the tank instead. The Russians would also like to use big tanks for city fighting. ISU152 was a monster with thick frontal armour and its massive gun was able to take down a multiple floor building with just 1 shot. And likewise was IS-2 and its massive gun also useful in city fighting. Bombarding buildings with a 37mm armour piercing round will not be effective to take out a machine gun nest. But if you fire a 105mm high explosive round into the room then you will silence it.
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