Sdkfz 251/17 & 251/rak

[Tarrif]

The Stuka zu Fuss (aka. Wurfrahmen 40) most likely introduction was in middle 1941. I've found it hard to pin down actual hard information about this unit, but some books give it a mention. What I do know is that it was developed in response to an army requirement after the Battle of France to give their motorized and mechanized infantry some sort of organic mobile artillery. It was developed by the J. Gast KG factory in Berlin and was definitely available before Stalingrad. Because its range was around 2000 meters it had to be close to the fighting, and operationally it was under control at the kompanie level, usually in the hands of an attached panzer-pioneer platoon. The typical loadout per salvo was 5x high explosive and 1x napalm rocket.