▁seven ▁from ▁ 1 5 ▁to ▁ 2 1 ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁were ▁presented ▁to ▁Hitler ▁in ▁a ▁conference ▁on ▁ 1 8 – 2 0 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁Ten ▁St ur mt iger ▁were ▁produced ▁in ▁September , ▁along ▁with ▁an ▁additional ▁five ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁Hitler ▁had ▁laid ▁great ▁importance ▁on ▁the ▁special ▁employ ment ▁of ▁the ▁St ur mt iger ▁and ▁believed ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁necessary ▁to ▁produce ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 0 0 ▁r ounds ▁of ▁am mun ition ▁per ▁month . ▁ ▁Design ▁The ▁St ur mt iger ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁late ▁model ▁T iger ▁I , ▁keeping ▁its ▁h ull ▁and ▁susp ension . ▁The ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁T iger ' s ▁super structure ▁was ▁removed ▁to ▁make ▁room ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁fixed ▁cas em ate - style ▁fighting ▁compart ment ▁housing ▁the ▁ro cket ▁launch er . ▁This ▁was ▁located ▁directly ▁at ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁vehicle , ▁giving ▁it ▁a ▁bo xy ▁appearance . ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁T iger ▁tank , ▁the ▁St ur mt iger ▁was ▁much ▁shorter ▁overall , ▁only ▁ ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁T iger ' s ▁, ▁due ▁largely ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁long ▁main ▁gun ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁which ▁pro tr ud ed ▁far ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁h ull . ▁It ▁also ▁was ▁slightly ▁lower ▁than ▁the ▁T iger ▁at ▁ ▁compared ▁to ▁. ▁ ▁Arm our ▁Since