Sturer Emil

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Sturer Emil
Type	Tank destroyer
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	1942-1943
Production history
Designed	1941
Number built	2
Specifications
Weight	35 tonnes
Length	9.7 m
Width	3.16 m
Height	2.7 m
Crew	5
Armor	15 - 50 mm
Primary armament	Rheinmetall 128 mm PaK 40 L/61
Secondary armament	MG 34
Engine	Maybach L116 300 hp
Power/weight	8.57 hp/tonne
Payload capacity	18 rounds
Fuel capacity	450 liters
Speed	25 km/h

External images
	Sturer Emil [1]

The 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H) "Sturer Emil" was an experimental World War II German self-propelled anti-tank gun. It was based on the Henschel VK3001 prototype chassis and armed with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm K L/61 gun (based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40).

Two prototypes of the vehicle (named Max and Moritz) were made, both of which served on the Eastern Front. One vehicle was destroyed, the other captured at Stalingrad in January 1943, with 22 kill marks painted on the barrel. This captured vehicle is now displayed in the collection on the Kubinka Tank Museum.

[edit] References

• Sturer Emil at Achtung Panzer! accessed 20 May 2007.

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