Dowly, Stug!

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Indeed and another example is the M-10 and M-18 hellcat of the us Army, they were tank destroyers but had turrets.

But because the US Army liked to keep its TD crews cold, wet, miserable, and unprotected, for some absurd reason, they never finished the turret roof, which made these vehicles' crews especially vulnerable to tree-burst artillery and even small arms fire.

[Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by Growler

But because the US Army liked to keep its TD crews cold, wet, miserable, and unprotected, for some absurd reason, they never finished the turret roof, which made these vehicles' crews especially vulnerable to tree-burst artillery and even small arms fire.

Weight savings I assume. They were designed to shoot and scoot! Low armor and high speed. Although during Korea they added metal flaps that could be folded over the opening to protect from debris.

Back to the Stug video. That thing once hosed off looks like it went into the bog yesterday! I cannot believe how well preserved it is!!!

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice find.

[UnderseaLcpl]

I have a somewhat-related question to ask about the StuG for our German-speaking members. How do you pronounce StuG?

I only ask because I've been having a debate over the pronunciation with my father for years. He insists it is pronounced as per English phonetics. I insist that it is a contraction of the word Sturmgeschutz and should be pronounced as "Stoog" - "not "stooge", mind you, that's a hard "G".

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

I have a somewhat-related question to ask about the StuG for our German-speaking members. How do you pronounce StuG?

I only ask because I've been having a debate over the pronunciation with my father for years. He insists it is pronounced as per English phonetics. I insist that it is a contraction of the word Sturmgeschutz and should be pronounced as "Stoog" - "not "stooge", mind you, that's a hard "G".

Shtoog or Shtewg is probably closest. The Stu part comes from Sturm, which as most German words that start with an S followed by a consonant, is pronounced with a "sh".

[Alex]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Shtoog or Shtewg is probably closest. The Stu part comes from Sturm, which as most German words that start with an S followed by a consonant, is pronounced with a "sh".

That.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Shtoog or Shtewg is probably closest. The Stu part comes from Sturm, which as most German words that start with an S followed by a consonant, is pronounced with a "sh".

Thanks I usually make the "sh" sound on the s but what we mostly disagreed about was the pronunciation of the "u".

[Freiwillige]

The Stug had a three to one Kill ratio against armor, 15,000+ Stug's =