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Originally Posted by KnightFandragon
How in real life do you destroy that thing? My guess is it isnt armored that well but do Rifles penetrate it and disable it's inner workings or what?
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It´s armor (only 10mm thick soft steel) could be penetrated by a rifle bullet with ease, and that was usually enough to destroy some vital interior component.
It had a cirka 650 meter long wire attached to it (the wire contained three cables, one for reverse/forward speed, one for left/right turn and the third were used to detonate the vehicle when it reached its target).
It weighted 370 kilos, which means that it wasnt easy for a single enemy soldier to turn it over... but it could easily get trapped by the terrain etc.
Its main use was against bunkers, enemy stationary tanks and of course, infantry strongholds. It wasnt supposed to be used against any moveable tank.
Two versions were used; the Sd.Kfz. 303a carried a 75 kilos charge and had a weak engine. The later model, Sd.Kfz. 303b, introduced in 1942, carried a 100 kilos charge, and had a 703cc Zündapp motorcycle engine and the model weighted in at 430 kilos.
Main speed for both versions were about 12 KMH, whilst range was limited to roughly 1,2 kilometres (although the wire was only 650 metres long).
~Zeke.