Vehicles have been seen with 20, 30 and 31 shafts. Photographs show that different Sturmtigers had varying numbers of exhaust shafts. The distinctive ring of holes around the muzzle are the exhausts of these shafts. The solution was a series of ventilation shafts running from breech to muzzle. Blowing Away Bad Ends with Modern Weapons. One flaw of the IS-2, whose powerful 122-millimeter gun could theoretically penetrate a King Tigers thickly armored turret at one-mile rangewas its low rate of fire and limited onboard. The high pressure created by the rocket charge would have destroyed the gun if it wasn’t vented somehow. Beware of the Villainess is a Korean isekai webtoon, and you can read it via Tapas. Afterwards they had to switch on the ventilation system before opening the breech in order to clear any lingering fumes.
In fact the RW 61 fired 1.5m projectiles from a barrel just 2m long.Īs the hot rocket exhaust would wash over the front of the vehicle, crews were instructed to close the Sturmtiger’s hatches to protect themselves.
This allowed it to be fired from a short barrelled weapon without a loss in range or accuracy. Unlike a conventional gun this fired rocket propelled projectiles containing a motor which continued to burn after the round had left the barrel. The weapon’s official name was 38cm Raketenwerfer 61 (RW 61).
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