15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1)

     
Název:
Name:
15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1) 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1)
Originální název:
Original Name:
15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1)
Kategorie:
Category:
samohybný raketomet self-propelled rocket launcher
Výrobce:
Producer:
?, ? /
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.04.1943-DD.03.1944
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
300
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:
DD.MM.1942
Obsluha:
Crew:
3
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
 
Podvozek:
Chassis:
Opel Maultier
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight:
8500 kg 18739 lb
Celková délka:
Overall Length:
6000 mm 19ft 8,21in
Celková šířka:
Overall Width:
2280 mm 7ft 5,76in
Celková výška:
Overall Height:
2550 mm 8 ft 4 ⅜ in
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance:
? mm ?
Pohon:
Propulsion:
 
Typ:
Type:
Opel (vodou chladený zážihový 6-valec objemu 3.600 cm3 s výkonom 50,7 kW) Opel (6 cyl., gaoline, water cooled, 3.600 ccm, 68 HP)
Převodovka:
Gearbox:
Zahnradschubgetriebe - Opel (5+R) Zahnradschubgetriebe - Opel (5+R)
Objem palivových nádrží:
Fuel Tank Capacity:
82 l 18.04 Imp gal
Výkony:
Performance:
 
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed:
40 km/h 25 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed:
? km/h ? mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road:
130 km 80.8 mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
80 km 49.7 mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:
 
Nájezdový úhel přední/zadní:
Angle of Approach/Departure:
? ° / ? °
Svah:
Gradient:
? ° ? %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope:
? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
? m ?
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
? m ?
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
? m ?
Raketomet:
Rocket Launcher:
 
Ráže:
Calibre:
158,5 mm 6 ¼ in
Počet hlavní nebo lišt:
Number of Barrels or Rails:
10
Náměr:
Elevation:
-12 +80 °
Odměr:
Traverse:
360 °
Munice:
Ammunition:
20 x 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Spreng
20 x 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Nebel
20 x 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Spreng
20 x 15 cm Wurfgranate 41 Nebel
Maximální dostřel:
Maximum Range:
6.900 m 4mi 505.93yd
Plocha pokrytá salvou:
One Salvo Impact Area:
? ?
Uživatelské státy:
User States:


Poznámka:
Note:
Pancierovanie:
čelo - 8 mm
boky - 8 mm
vežička - 10 mm
strop - 6 mm
Armor:
front - 8 mm
sides - 8 mm
turm - 10 mm
top - 6 mm
Zdroje:
Sources:
Waffen Revue No.9
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This modern vehicle used the platform from the Opel Maultier. This half-track version of the original Opel Blitz 3.6 t truck was created in response to the need for vehicles that had increased ground clearance in the muddy terrain of the endless USSR.
The self-propelled rocket launcher was created in 1942 by armouring the classic Opel Maultier. It was a fully enclosed armoured design. Behind the cab, on the roof of the rear compartment, was a fully rotatable 15 cm rocket launcher. It consisted of 10 barrels, in two rows of five. The missile had a weight of 34.7 kg, the warhead itself had a weight of 10 kg and the range was 6,900 metres. The rockets were fired electrically directly from the cabin. One salvo of rockets was carried directly in the rocket launcher, the second salvo was stored in the rear of the vehicle's interior. Targeting was carried out with the Richtaufsatz 35, later Richtaufsatz 38 sight. Secondary armament consisted of the MG 34 machine gun.
The first prototype built in 1942 was tested in Munster. It differed significantly from later production vehicles. The shape and dimensions of the vehicle's superstructure were different. The ceiling of the superstructure was coated all the way to the rear of the vehicle, it was not lowered behind the driver's compartment as in the production vehicles. The front part of the armoured body protecting the engine compartment was also different.
A total of 300 vehicles and 159 ammunition vehicles were produced between 4/1943 and 3/1944, which had the same superstructure but did not have a rocket launcher fitted. However, the ammunition vehicles could of course be converted to self-propelled rocket launcher form if required. These vehicles were used until the end of World War II.
As standard, the vehicles were incorporated into the Werferbatterie (Sf) 15 cm NbW. According to regulation K.St.N.633 of 1.10.1944 the battery had two platoons. In one platoon there were four rocket launchers supplemented by one reconnaissance vehicle Sd.Kfz.250/5. Direct vehicle supply was provided by the Munitionstaffel with a quartet of ammunition trucks Sd.Kfz.4 and a quartet of half-track trucks Sd.Kfz.3/5.


A small series of self-propelled rocket launchers were experimentally built on the same chassis, with a modified copy of the Soviet BM-8-48 rocket launchers mounted on the same chassis. The machine was known as the 8 cm Raketen Vielfachwerfer auf Fahrgestell Maultier .


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15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1) - Prototyp mal v zadnej časti rozmerné jednodielne dvere

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15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz.4/1) - Prvý prototyp bol predvedený 9.2.1943 v Munsteri. Nesie poznávaciu značku SS-216004.

Prvý prototyp bol predvedený 9.2.1943 v Munsteri. Nesie poznávaciu značku SS-216004.
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15 cm Panzerwerfer 42, Musée des Blindés, Saumur, 2004. (fotografie ©Radek Havelka)

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