StuG was one of the most common German AFV's of the war. :V
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PsihoKekec
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And still there were not enough of them for their needs, hence all the Marders (also not enough of them).
Marders were built for AT purposes, hence the long gun. StuG's were built for infantry support which is why they had the snub gun.
Of course later on the StuG got a long-gun too, but it's purpose was primarily as a self propelled infantry gun rather than a self propelled AT gun. Semantics I know, but that's how they used them.
The 'self propelled AT gun' was more jagdpanzer IV and Hetzer.
They need them in panzer division,not supporting infrantry.
Not enough stugs, and french tanks would be good enough to help infrantry take trenches.
DarthOne
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PsihoKekec
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Reminds me of that ISU-152 that was left at the entrance to the town in Ukraine for decades and it was brought into running condition buy couple of local guys
More variants of the greatest Armored Fighting Vehicle in History, the mighty M113 Gavin!
I'm digging the siege tower variant with the howdah on top. Perfect place to locate your Balearic Slingers and Nuln Handgunners. Maybe Velites or Geneose Crossbowmen.
I'm digging the siege tower variant with the howdah on top. Perfect place to locate your Balearic Slingers and Nuln Handgunners. Maybe Velites or Geneose Crossbowmen.
According to Guderian,they could be mass produced earlier - not,that it would change anytching,except number of burned soviet tanks.DID SOMEONE SAY HETZER?
P.S i read somewhere/forget where/ that germans making it borrowed ideas from romanian tank destroyer, maserat or sometching.
Buba
A total creep
Hetzer - Maresal or convergent evolution - not that all around sloped armour tank-destroyers were anything new in 1943. Look at the Soviet models ...
Some of those pics are sooooo WH40K
You are giving Games Workshop ideas
Some of those pics are sooooo WH40K
You are giving Games Workshop ideas
Some of those pics are sooooo WH40K
Last one is a Tau Design methinks. Aluminum Gue'vasa shit.
Thanks ! fun thing - romanians never manage to mass produce it till they switch sides,and after that,soviets forbid them from doing so.
On another topic - Maresal with it light armour could be mass produced by anybody before WW2 - interesting,how History would change,if,let say,Poland do not waste money on 7tp,but made maresals? i think,that we could made at least 350 for the same money.
Or,Belgium making,let say,400 of them.
Buba
A total creep
No change. Once the Nazi-Soviet treaty was signed it was all over except for the dying ...
No change. Belgian army was beaten by Infantry Divisions.
Maresal or - more realistically - Carro Semovente 75/18, which were Good Enough for the day, indeed could had been made by anybody with half a tank-making industry from '35 or so.