Just to stir the pot, a StuG III F8

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Here's another before bed time. An F8 from 1st Battery, StuG Brigade 242, Tunisia.









There is very little documentation of these in Tunisia. Some claim there were none, but several hundred veterans saw something that looked remarkably like this. There is one series of photos showing one of these hidden in a grove of huge beavertail cactus.  Some how I don't think that was Italy........

DML kit, almost straight from the box. Tamiya mixes for the RAL 8020 and 7027 Tropen camo.

G

 

[Leon]

Nice work again G!

[deafpanzer]

Another beautiful StuG! I built the same thing but for the Eastern Front.

[TRM]

Fine job on the little StuG G!! DAK is always a fun realm to play with!

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Thank you all!

Andy if you really want folks scratching their heads, take a StuG and paint it in tropen colors, then mark it for the Eastern front. Lots of equipment was diverted from Africa to Russia late '42 early '43.

That'll keep contest judges on their toes for sure.

G

[panzerjager2]

Nice work...............  I am now more convinced than ever that a memo went out instructing all of us to build a StugIII or PZIII....... 
PJ2

[richardcraig-Email Not Valid]

Very nice work... You're right about the F8s being painted in the African colors on the eastern front ... Some say all F8s were painted that way along with other German tanks in 1942 .. It can make for some interesting dioramas. Great job!

[sturmbird]

Mar 19, 2017 3:48:26 GMT -5 @agentg said:

Here's another before bed time. An F8 from 1st Battery, StuG Brigade 242, Tunisia.









There is very little documentation of these in Tunisia. Some claim there were none, but several hundred veterans saw something that looked remarkably like this. There is one series of photos showing one of these hidden in a grove of huge beavertail cactus.  Some how I don't think that was Italy........

DML kit, almost straight from the box. Tamiya mixes for the RAL 8020 and 7027 Tropen camo.

G

I always thought they used nothing but B's, but have seen photos of what looks to be a C or maybe a D model. All had the L24 barrel of course. Still most anything is possible in N. Africa. I was surprised to see the Marders and the Sd.Kfz. IIIN.
gary

 

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Never say never when it comes to the North African campaign Gary!

Pz III's, as gun tanks, were represented by every model from F to N.

StuG's are mainly confined to D models and these F8's as far as we know. As I recall only three D's ever saw action. Two batteries (8) of F8's saw action at the very end.

If you google enough images, you'll see all sorts of stuff.

G

[sturmbird]

Apr 17, 2017 17:33:52 GMT -5 @agentg said:

Never say never when it comes to the North African campaign Gary!

Pz III's, as gun tanks, were represented by every model from F to N.

StuG's are mainly confined to D models and these F8's as far as we know. As I recall only three D's ever saw action. Two batteries (8) of F8's saw action at the very end.

If you google enough images, you'll see all sorts of stuff.

G

one that got me was a half track hauling a PAK 40, but looking it over I knew it wasn't a PAK 40. Now I'm thinking it was a Russian built 7.62. I'm glad to ICM and maybe one other outfit doing trucks. Seems like the big boys have little interest. They used a lot of trucks in the desert.
gary