Sturer Emil
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Captured Sturer Emil, 1943
German self-propelled anti-tank gun Sturer Emil 1942
German self-propelled anti-tank gun Sturer Emil 1942 2
German self-propelled anti-tank gun Sturer Emil 4
self propelled anti tank gun Sturer Emil
Sturer Emil 1
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Sturer Emil 5
Sturer Emil 6
Sturer Emil of the Panzerjaeger-Abteilung (Sfl.) 521, Eastern Front 1942
Sturer Emil of the Panzerjaeger-Abteilung (Sfl.)521 with kill marks painted on the barrel
Sturer Emil SPG, Eastern Front
Sturer Emil, Germany 1942
Sturer Emil, rear view, Eastern Front 1942
Sturer Emil was an experimental World War II German self-propelled 128mm anti-tank gun (german name: 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H) “Sturer Emil”). Vehicle was based on the Henschel VK3001 chassis and was armed with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm K L/61 gun (based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40).
Specifications:
| crew | 5 |
| lenght | 9700 mm (7000 mm without gun) |
| width | 3150 mm |
| height | 2750 mm |
| wheel base | 2670 mm |
| track contact | 4750 mm |
| weight | 36500 kg |
| fuel capacity | 450 l |
| armor / angle: | 50 mm front, 50/40° mm gun mantlet, 30 and 20 mm sides, 15mm rear, 30 and 20 mm deck |
| engine: | Maybach HL116, water-cooled, 6 cylinder 11044 cm3, 300 hp (220 kW) at 3300 rpm |
| transmission | ZF SGG77, 6 forward, 1 reverse |
| tracks | Kgs 520/160 |
| number of links per track | 85 |
| max speed | 25 km/h (20 km/h off-road) |
| range | 170 km (80 km off-road) |
| grade | 30° |
| trench crossing | 4500 mm |
| step | 800 mm |
| fording | 1050 mm |
| ground clearance | 450 mm |
| ammunition | 15 - 18 rounds |
| secondary armament | 1 or 2 MG34 (600 rounds) |
| production | 2 |
Reference: Panzerjaeger (7.5cm Pak 40/4 to 8.8cm Waffentraeger) development and employment from 1939 to 1945 - Panzer Tracts 7-3