Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "How to use a Sturmtiger" video.

  1. Its bullet could knock through 2 meters of concrete and its explosive power must have been greater than even a heavy artillery shell. So heavily fortified bunker would be trashed. And a room on a building would become completly destroyed... and I wonder if not such a big shell would not be able to even take out an entire multiple floor building in a city with one such big shot. I guess this thing would be used to take out bunkers and buildings like this things:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280_mm_mortar_M1939_(Br-5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/203_mm_howitzer_M1931_(B-4) But the difference would be that the sturmtiger would have lots of armour to protect its crew until they could get their job done. The huge thick frontal plate would probably make anything the enemy fired at it bounce off, so they would be in a hopeless situation against this monster... and their comfort would mostly be that this beast had little ammo and a low rate of fire. I am not impressed with this tank. Maybe it was just an exprimental tank build just for fun to see what they could do with a big naval shell, rather than a serious project planned to start serial production. In my opinion should the Brummbär have been enough for the Germans if they really insisted on having one this type of vehicle. Wasting a tiger tank seems increadibly stupid to me given the dire situation Germany was in in 1943 when this project was started. I also think this type of machine seems increadible inflexible since it doesn't seem to fill other types of roles on the battlefield. ISU-152 and SU-152 seems smarter constructions seems they seem good at both knocking out buildings and killing tanks and playing the role of artillery.
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  2. Maybe during long sieges in cities this machine could be useful. 4 sturmtigers could in a salvo deliever as much explosives as 400 big guns. Otherwise I will agree. A tiger chassi for a tiger tank would be a better idea. And building machines like this should not be top priority for a country fighting a defensive war. And if Germany for some reason rather want a well protected mortar tank for uraban combat instead of building StuGs or tanks, then why not build more Brummbärs instead?
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