Sturmtiger's Little Brother, the Brummbär | Cursed by Design

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You’ve likely heard about the story of the Sturmtiger given the plethora of videos on that vehicle as well as its increasing popularity among tank fans. I will without a doubt cover that and other Tiger based vehicles in this series, but for today I wanted to look at a vehicle which is lesser known despite its similar design to the big gunned feline. So sit back, relax and let's discuss the Sturmtiger’s little brother, also known as the Sturmpanzer, Sturmpanzer 43, or as it’s commonly known nowadays, the Brummbar.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - Origin of the name
2:36 - Design and armament
5:53 - Production begins
7:26 - Different versions of the Sturmpanzer
10:22 - Munitionpanzer
10:46 - Combat deployment
13:26 - Combat performance
15:33 - Survivors and Outro

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[ConeOfArc]

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[darth_elsa]

It amazes me how the Germans were willing to make various vehicles to meet various situations instead of being a few general purpose vehicles that they could mass produce and build/share parts for

[hekkura]

Brummbar irl : cursed by design
Brummbar in game :
Attack ground micro shot, get vet 1, bunker buster barrage on retreat path, wipe enemy squad.

[bryannoyce]

Lack of combat documentation can sometimes be caused by soldiers using equipment in an unauthorized way. I have heard it suggested that panzerfousts were frequently used against enemy positions as opposed to against tanks, this being a violation of policy, it was not reported. If the Brummbar was being used as an assault gun, this information may not have been recorded to avoid angering Hitler, who wanted it used as a tank killer.

[theairbourne]

Just a minor hint the term "Abteilung" doesnt mean division or a division sized unit.... a Abteilung is the batallion equivilant for panzerunits. A minor translation error but i had a good chuckle thinking of entire divisions of "Brummbär's" driving through Normandy

[artandmemes]

You present little known tanks in such a talented and detailed way, thanks for the preservation of the rarer stuff in history!

[mateuszk]

Nice vid, but the in-game Brummbar dont have just 50mm, under that its another 50mm plate, you can prove that by looking at the bottom corners of it with armor analisis. With the track on top its closer to 110mm effective

[dukesalt]

Common missconseption about the brummbar in Warthunder there is actually 2 50mm plates bolted onto of eachother try highlighting the corners of the lfp and it'll be highlighted

[dd-glqf]

The in-game model of the Brummbar does actually have the 100mm of armour on the lower plate, the plates are stacked on top of eachother and are both 50mm thick.

[paweljankowski]

The "Brumm" in Brummbär is derived from the verb "brummen", which means to hum/growl/grumble. That's what a cute little teddy bear does. It's pretty much the opposite of being grumpy.

[BHuang]

What about covering the nearly forgotten Stug, the Stug IV?

[Fruitgeris]

Fun fact: the Brummbär is its nickname by the allies. In the actual german army it was nicknamed the ”Stupa” which is short for Sturmpanzer IV

[lairdcummings]

Again, I see no curse on the vehicle design.
This vehicle is a reasonable re-use of existing resources, with the new parts being being basic and simple. It produced mobile heavy artillery pieces that could survive *close* to the front edge of the fight.

The curse, as with so much of German hardware, seems to boil down logistics, to mis-use of the hardware counter to doctrine, and to being literally overwhelmed by massive enemy numbers.

[Scybren]

The Brummbär I've known since I was a little kid playing "Seek and destroy" (Shin Combat Choro Q) on the PS2. It had a starring role as one of the boss enemies.

[highmolecularweightRDX]

I love how you say where the surviving tanks are today. I never realized so many cool tanks were to close to where I live.

[spinosaurusiii]

Ah, the evolution of German assault guns, from the early StuGs over leFHs on tracks to the big funny rocket launcher.
The StuH and StuPa are probably some of my favourite vehicles of the war together with their red counterparts, the SU-122 and ISU-152

[VJTedescoIII]

Thanks for the video ConeOfArc. FYI a better translation of "Abteilung" in this context would be "battalion."

[soapypup]

I was so happy to see the brummbär at the Munster panzer museum. Was a pretty cool tank to see.

[Mati_Panzer]

this bear quickly became one of my favorites in the game, who doesn't love a good derp gun?

[huntermcgehee]

One little touch, at 9:30 "The wheels were replaced with these" and then you covered all of the road wheels with text?