Geschützwagen Tiger für 17cm Kanone/21 cm Mörser (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

Now this is some serious artillery.In November 1942, Krupp received order to design the vehicle (waffentrager) using Tiger II components, which was to be part of the "Grille" series. It was to be able to mount 170mm Kanone 72 L/50 gun which could deliver a 68 kilogram projectile up to 25500 meters in range or a 210 mm "Mörser" (a howitzer actually) with a maximum range of 16500 meters firing a 111 kg shell. Grille 17 had its armament mounted on the rail platform inside the hull allowing it to be dismounted at any time and used independent of the actual tank itself.Next year will be fine Andy.............

 

[Rob]

Nice!.Looks good in that camo scheme too.

Rob

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Now this is some serious artillery.In November 1942, Krupp received order to design the vehicle (waffentrager) using Tiger II components, which was to be part of the "Grille" series. It was to be able to mount 170mm Kanone 72 L/50 gun which could deliver a 68 kilogram projectile up to 25500 meters in range or a 210 mm "Mörser" (a howitzer actually) with a maximum range of 16500 meters firing a 111 kg shell. Grille 17 had its armament mounted on the rail platform inside the hull allowing it to be dismounted at any time and used independent of the actual tank itself.Next year will be fine Andy.............

There was a whole series of Grille heavy SPGs proposed, but only a few prototypes were ever made and none of them entered production.

The Grille 10 with an 88 mm gun on a panzer IV chassis was the first followed by Grille 10 with either a 100mm or 105mm gun on a Panther chassis. The Grille 12 and Grille 15 had 128mm and 150mm guns proposed on a Panther chassis. Then Adolph went big with proposed Grilles on a Tiger II chassis with 170mm (Grille 17), 210mm (Grille 21), 305mm (Grille 30) and 420mm (Grille 42) guns. Of all the proposed Grilles and the 5 or 6 prototypes built, I believe only one prototype Grille 10 (88mm) was actually tested in combat in Italy with the Heeres Flakartillerie Abteilung (Sf.) 304 which was assigned to the 26th Panzer Division.

I really doubt anyone is going to make such a large obscure AFV, Although Andy did make the halftrack mounted 88, but there were 12 of those and they were actually used in combat in 1940 and on the Eastern Front.

Terry

 

[old tank]

That must of been some BEAST OF A MACHINE........

 

[Phantom Warrior]

That must of been some BEAST OF A MACHINE........

Including the 170 mm gun, the Grille 17 was 42 ft long (with gun), 11 ft wide and 10 ft high. But it carried only 5 rounds of ammo. The Grille 21 with its 210 mm howitzer carried only 3 rounds of ammunition. The King Tiger was 34 ft long including the main gun.

Terry

 

[AIXrUS]

What does that equal in 1:30 scale? Sounds like an entire bookshelf... I want one!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

What does that equal in 1:30 scale? Sounds like an entire bookshelf... I want one!

It's not that big - less than 18" long

Terry