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The Theatre of History Episode 1: The StuG III

18 Apr 2014, 21:49 PM
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That's interesting to see that the reason they were turret less was simply cost. Is there any other benefit other than money to not have a turret mount?
18 Apr 2014, 21:58 PM
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Yeah you see the low silouhette. The missing turret made it easier to cover the vehicle and to make it less visible for the enemy :)
18 Apr 2014, 22:14 PM
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Extremely interesting read. I think I've seen some of the stugs in a Finnish Armour museum but that's several years ago.
18 Apr 2014, 22:15 PM
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18 Apr 2014, 22:15 PM
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Yeah there are almost plenty of finnish StuG that survived the war and are now exhibited :)

Thank you morten1 :)
18 Apr 2014, 22:18 PM
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Yeah nice write up. Very interesting :) Looking forward to more....
18 Apr 2014, 22:20 PM
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Thank you :) There will be a lot more i promise ^^
18 Apr 2014, 22:33 PM
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Awesome read, gj dude! Have u already decided on the next one?
18 Apr 2014, 22:37 PM
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18 Apr 2014, 22:41 PM
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Thanks for the link :D
18 Apr 2014, 22:41 PM
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No problem man :)
18 Apr 2014, 23:28 PM
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I love the Stug III and reading about it's history was incredibly interesting. Thanks for putting this together FichtenMoped, I look forward to more installments =).
18 Apr 2014, 23:37 PM
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Awesome!
Thanks for the post!
18 Apr 2014, 23:40 PM
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Thanks for the feedback I am really glad you guys like it ^^
19 Apr 2014, 03:33 AM
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thanks for the history class :D.. i love the WW2 history.. really thank you
19 Apr 2014, 03:58 AM
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nice one, now I know gun length is in the name of the gun; as a multiple of the diameter ( in this case 7.5cm)

Not entirely related but this diagram helped me to understand some armour jargon. For casemate design of a stug, I think its "Front casemate" instead of "Turret Face" for vehicle with turret.

19 Apr 2014, 08:12 AM
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Fun fact: Michael Whitman was a Stug commander before he became The Tiger Ace ^^
19 Apr 2014, 09:09 AM
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Nice job FichtenMoped :clap:
That's interesting to see that the reason they were turret less was simply cost. Is there any other benefit other than money to not have a turret mount?

Yeah you see the low silouhette. The missing turret made it easier to cover the vehicle and to make it less visible for the enemy :)

And weight, turret less -> more armor protection and still get relatively fast speed :thumb:.
19 Apr 2014, 10:15 AM
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Thanks and yes thats also a point you got there :)
19 Apr 2014, 16:56 PM
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a great read. thank you.
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