Dowly, Stug!

[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!!!