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Originally Posted by Raptor1
Indeed. 
Oh, do note that some Assault Guns, such as the KV-2 and the Churchill AVRE, did have turrets. Though they still don't really count as tanks because of their low velocity guns and specialized design. |
Oh, I didn't know the KV2 was also considered an assault gun. Interesting is that the Germans put captured KV 2's into tank, not arty units.
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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
As for how it got into a bog, One theory is that as the Germans ran low on fuel or ammo or parts they would just push these thing into a bog so that the soviets couldn't claim them and use them against the retreating German's.
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Found some stuff:
Here are some pictures of the retrieval:
http://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?...2988&mm=1&vd=1
According to this website (and google translate), the Stug was captured near Demyansk and the (gun) crew was still inside - so it looks like it was buried unintentionally...
Also the site says that it was sold for a million $
According to this site
http://legion-afv.narod.ru/StuG-40_Saratov.html the Stug was found near Pskov, which is further to the West. It also says, that it is today in the museum of Saratov, in the south of Russia.
Check out especially the pictures 6 and 11 on this site, you'll see that they made a 21 out of the 20 painted on it. You can see the same in Oberon's second picture.
