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One of the most remarkable fighting vehicles in the World War II was the self-propelled heavy missile launcher known as Sturmmoser Tiger or, in abbreviation, as Sturmtiger. It was based on the Tiger tank, particularly on the later version with all-steel travel wheels. Instead of a turret Sturmtiger had a massive spacious superstructure with a weapon in the front wall - the launcher firing RW61 projectiles with maximum reach 5,900 meters. The projectile, with 380 mm caliber, was originally an anti-submarine weapon developed by the Navy. In its new role its targets were primarily barricades erected in the ruined Soviet towns and cities, bunkers and similar constructions that would otherwise be difficult to take by other means. Sturmtiger carried twelve such massive projectiles, each weighing 345 kg; the thirteenth projectile was transported already loaded in the barrel. The vehicle was fitted with 7.92 mm machine gun and had a crew of five men. The prototype was built in 1943 and the production went on throughout 1944 when altogether 18 Sturmtiger vehicles were built.
The prototype was experimentally used in suppressing the Warsaw Uprising, the vehicles from the serial production were used to arm two fighting units - Sturmmoser Kompanie 1000 and 1001. The first, Kompanie 1000, saw the action in the Trier area and the second unit fought first in November 1944 in the Eifel Range and later in Germany. Several of these vehicles are now preserved in military museums.
The prototype was painted with Dunkelgelb (RAL 7028) on all its surfaces, the other vehicles were typical for their so-called "Ambush" colour scheme, with the combination of Dunkelgelb, Olivgrün RAL 6003 and Rotbraun RAL 8017 paints used to create irregular shapes with typical dots.
