Rheinmetall Begleitwagen characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 85hp
- Penetration
- 47mm
- DPM
- 1,500
- Reload
- 3.40s
- Rate of fire
- 17.65/min
- Aim time
- 2.10s
- Accuracy
- 0.500m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.180
- Shell velocity
- 385m/s
- Caliber
- 75mm
- Gun depression
- 20°
- Gun elevation
- 10°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 32km/h
- Reverse speed
- 15km/h
- Engine power
- 300hp
- Power/weight
- 16.2hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 38.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 36.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 1.00
- Medium terrain
- 1.20
- Soft terrain
- 2.00
Survivability
- Hit points
- 480hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 30mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 30mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 110hp
- Track HP
- 75hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 330m
- Signal range
- 310m
- Camo (still)
- 0.3%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.2%
- Weight
- 18.5t
Rheinmetall Begleitwagen historical reference
In the second half of 1934, the Germans started developing a tank designated as the Verbesserten Nb.Fz. The Rheinmetall company was responsible for its design. The vehicle was supposed to weigh 17-18 tons. Its armament consisted of a short-barreled 75 mm gun and a coaxial machine gun. Another machine gun was placed on a small turret at the front of the hull. Higher-density configuration with the transmission in the front helped dramatically reduce the hull length. There were also plans to use a special V-shaped 10-liter 12-cylinder Maybach HL 100 TR engine with 300 h.p. of power. Rheinmetall produced a life-size wooden mockup, and later a chassis out of construction steel. Many improvements were made to the latter, but it did not become the base for the mass-produced tank.