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'Sturer Emil'*
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The 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H)*
'Sturer Emil' was an experimental World War II*
German self-propelled anti-tank gun based on the*
Henschel VK3001 prototype chassis and armed *
with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm K L/61 gun which was*
based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40 gun*
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Only two vehicles were built (named Max and Moritz),*
and both served on the Eastern Front. One vehicle was*
destroyed,the other was captured at Stalingrad in*
January 1943, with 22 kill marks painted on the*
barrel.*
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This captured vehicle is now displayed in the collection*
of the Kubinka Tank Museum just outside Moscow.**
