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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
I have a soft spot in my heart for Stug's. They were actually quite effective little buggers against the T-34's.
I even read a story about a breakthrough of 6 t-34's and only 2 Panzer III's available! One broke down and the other ambushed and knocked out the lead t-34 by shooting thru its barrel then just hammering away at it until they found it abandoned the next morning with all other T-34's fleeing the scene.
Such is the Fog of war that if the Russians knew what was hitting them they would have rolled right on through.  |
Yes, the little Sturmgeschutz IIIs were marvelous in battle
and often used in fierce rear guard action as the Germans
were in retreat. It was in the Sturmgeschutz where Michael
Wittmann learned things that often gave him and his crew
the edge once they were transferred to Tigers. Any serious
student of WWII can't ignore them.
ATB
ZeeWolf