Sturmtiger

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Job: Family: Tigers Crystal: Lightning Weak to: Fire, Lightning Notorious Monster

Sturmtiger

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Batallia Downs	52	None	None	1	A, S ~6,200 HP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes:

• Spawned for quest Chasing Quotas
• Unlike some other AF fights, this tiger does not seem to be resistant to any form of damage or magic, easy kill.
  • Assuming you're 75. At lower levels, take care - this thing is still an NM tiger, and hits like a mack truck.

(see testimonials)

Historical Background

Sturmtiger is the German word for "storm tiger". Sturmtiger was also the name of a German tank in WWII with a large cannon designed for providing heavy fire in urban areas, such as demolishing heavily fortified buildings. It had a very short turret but a very wide barrel which could fire very large shells. An extremely small number of them were built, only 18, and all from damaged Tiger tanks. Though built for their offense, they were used for their defense because the situation changed for Germany between when the designs were approved (1943) and when they were deployed (late 1944). They first saw action on August 13, 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising.