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Sturmpanzer 4 "Brummbär" axis

Production: 1943 - 1945
Number Built: 306
Crew: 5
Weight: 28.2 t
Engine Output: 300 hp
Speed on Roads: 38 km/h
Armament: 150 mm StuH 43 L/12 howitzer
7.92 mm machine gun

The Brummbär ("grouch") was employed to provide fire support against "soft" targets.



The design was based on the chassis of the Panzer 4. This was fitted with an armoured superstructure featuring a short-barreled Sturmhaubitze assault gun. But the weight of the gun and the armour were too heavy for the chassis. This led to frequent breakdowns of the suspension and the transmission.



The 100 mm front armour and 50 mm side armour plates provided effective protection when needed. It was, however, rarely intentionally employed against enemy tanks. The Brummbär had been primarily designed to engage fortifications and infantry crouds under the cover provided by other tanks.



The shown vehicle has steel road wheels. The road wheels would usually have been fitted with rubber tyres but rubber was becoming scarce in the German sphere of influence. The rubbe casing was therefore omitted which caused noise and vibrations inside the vehicle.

Hello, thanks again for the photos, this time i do have a question: are the camos visible in your photos actual restored ones ? Or are these different from the ones used at the time ? I mean, depending on the field of operations, camos were differently applied and had different colors. I kinda felt the stock colors for Oberkommando and stock Wehrmacht into the game felt a little bit too "deserty" (read: beige) and did not reflect real camos used in the Eastern and Western fronts.

I might be wrong though, so maybe the museum had a little explanation on the topic. Also i thought the factory colors were the feldgrau (the green-gray also used for infantry uniforms), but i don't know if camos were applied on the field, varied on a day to day basis (depending on the weather, and special conditions of the ground / vegetation), or were kinda definitive once applied.

I know in historical re-colored documents, Panzers in general look rather khaki or even green, and i would like to know if it was assumptions made by the technicians who recolored them.

As far as i know, most of the German camos were put on in the factories and readjusted by the soldiers when necessary.
The camos shown in the photos have indeed been restored to the original state, so that they are as authentic as possible.
Many of the tanks and vehicles shown here have seen combat in the western front, so there are no "winter-like" camos shown.

As far as COH2 is concerned, i think Relic's aim wasn't to be historically accurate, but simply to include as many camos as possible to maximize profit. ;-)

Jagdpanzer 4 axis

Production: 1943-1944
Number Built: 769
Crew: 4
Weight: 24 t
Engine Ouput: 300 hp
Speed on Roads: 40 km/h
Armament: 75 mm PaK 38 L/48 gun
7.92 mm machine gun (give me AI capabilities RELIC!)

While many German tank destroyers (Jagdpanzer) were improvisations, the Jagdpanzer 4 was purposely designed.


(This one was a prototype)


(Final version)

In 1943, the Wehrmacht requested a special tank destroyer.: The vehicle was to have a low silhouette, sloped side plates, and a rigidly mounted main gun. This design enabled it to launch surprise attacks on enemy vehicles while cleverly expoiting the advantages offered by the terrain. The Jagdpanzer 4 offered adequate protection and, thanks to its lack of a complex turret strucutre, could be cost-effectively manufactured.

It fulfilled all expectations on operations. (Y u no useful COH2 Jagdpanzer 4?!)

The vehicle in the second picture above and below has been coated with Zimmerit. Zimmerit was a convrete like paste which was used to prevent the attachment of magnetic mines. Zimmerit was applied from September 1943. This practice, however, was abandoned one year later, when it turned out that the whole process not only was very elaborate but also very useless: The Wehrmacht's opponents did not use magnetically adhered mines. Would be a nice Vet 1 ability for Jagdpanzers: No more homing at nades.

I have to say these pictures of the tanks in the museum are beautiful, I've saved a few for future reference. Have you ever thought of making the trip down to Bovington Tank Museum?

Again great pictures and information on all the tanks, I'll put this museum on my "to visit" list!

I've considered it, but since I'm still a student, unfortunately i don't have the cash to afford a trip there. But I'm gonna visit another museum in germany that specialised in German military history in general, so that i will be able to expand this thread a little more in small arms, uniforms and history in general. Really appreciate your kind words!

Not until you've stood in front of a Tiger (I did so at the Falaise Museum) can you imagine the morale effect of one of those rumbling towards your foxhole. The converted T-34 they used in Saving Private Ryan did no justice to this behemoth.

This is exactly what i was thinking at the time. They had a t34/76 placed right next to it, and the differences in appearances were just huge. Sadly it was a Tiger 1 emerged from various different Tigers, so they just restored the hull of it, its basically empty inside.

That is what i said in the Beginning of my Post!
Balance>All - Aha.

MG42 - Realistic
German Tanks stronger - Realistic

And so...

Burts tank u for your posting,
I have no Time actually, will response later!

Thats why i didn't quote you, but Burts