Jos jedna nemacka sprava iz WWII. Snimano na Kalemegdanu u Beogradu, decembar 2008. Ophodnja (ili ti "walkarround" )

Ovo je koliko vidim u stvari top na gusenicama kao samostalna pokretna jedinica. Nije losa ideja za taktiku "blickrieg".

Svaka cast na trudu.
StuG III je bila u svoje vreme ubojita spravcica.

Sluzimo burekdzijama
Evo da zavrsim krug:

Svi cute, nema veze idemo dalje ... evo i cevke...

Papalu evo samo da te pohvalim za odlicne fotke koje pravis...

The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank. Initially intended as a mobile, armoured light gun for infantry support, the StuG was continually modified and was widely employed as a tank destroyer.

The vehicles of the Sturmgeschütz series were cheaper to build than the contemporary German tanks; at 82,500 RM, a StuG III Ausf G was cheaper than a Panzer III Ausf. M which cost 103,163 RM to build. By the end of the war, 10,619 StuG III and StuH 42 had been built.

The Sturmgeschütz III originated from German experiences in World War I when it was found that during the offensives on the western front the infantry lacked the means to effectively engage fortifications. The artillery of the time was heavy and not mobile enough to keep up with the infantry to destroy bunkers, pillboxes, and other obstacles, with direct-fire. Although the problem was well known in the German army it is General von Manstein who is considered the father of the arm of the Sturmartillerie. This because the inital proposal was from (then) Colonel Erich von Manstein and submitted to General Beck in 1935, suggesting that Sturmartillerie ("assault artillery") units should be used in a direct-fire support role for infantry divisions. On June 15, 1936 Daimler-Benz AG received an order to develop an armoured infantry support vehicle capable of mounting a 75 mm (2.95 in) artillery piece. The gun was to have a limited traverse of a minimum of 25 degrees and be mounted in an enclosed superstructure that provided overhead protection for the crew. The height of the vehicle was not to exceed that of the average man.

Daimler-Benz AG used the chassis and running gear of its recently designed Panzer III medium tank as a basis for the new vehicle. Prototype manufacture was passed over to Alkett, which produced five examples in 1937 of the experimental 0-series StuG based upon the Panzer III Ausf. B. These prototypes featured a mild steel superstructure and Krupp’s short-barreled 75 mm Sturmkanone 37 L/24. This model was known as the Sturmgeschütz Ausführung A.

While the Stug was considered self-propelled artillery it was not initially clear which arm of the Wehrmacht would handle the new weapon. The Panzer arm, who was the natural user of tracked fighting vehicles, had no resources to spare for the formation of Stug units, and neither had the Infantry. It was therefore agreed, after a discusion, it would best be employed by becoming a part of the Artillery arm.

The Stugs were organised in Battalions (later renamed "Brigades" for disinformation purposes) and followed their own specific doctrine. Infantry support using direct-fire was its intended role, and later there was also strong emphasis on destroying enemy tanks whenever encountered.

As the StuG III was intended to fill an infantry close support combat role, early models were fitted with a low-velocity 75 mm StuK 37 L/24 gun to destroy fortifications. After the Germans encountered the Soviet KV and T-34, the StuG III were armed with the high-velocity 75 mm StuK 40 L/43 (Spring 1942) or 75 mm StuK 40 L/48 (Autumn 1942) anti-tank gun. These versions were known as Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausführung F, F/8 and G. When the StuG IV entered production in late 1943, early 1944, the "III" was added to the name to separate them from the Panzer IV based assault guns. All previous and following models were thereafter known as 'Sturmgeschütz III'.

Beginning with the StuG III Ausf. E a 7.92mm MG34 was mounted on the hull for added anti-infantry protection while some StuG III Ausf. G were equipped with an additional coaxial 7.92mm MG34.

Overall, Sturmgeschütz series proved to be very successful and served on all fronts as assault guns and tank destroyers. Although Tigers and Panthers are more well known, assault guns destroyed many tanks. Because of their low silhouette, Sturmgeschütz IIIs were easy to camouflage and a difficult target. Sturmgeschütz crews were considered to be the elite of the artillery units. Sturmgeschütz units held a very impressive record of tank kills - some 20,000 enemy tanks by spring of 1944 [2]. As of April 10, 1945, there were 1,053 StuG IIIs and 277 StuH IIIs in service. Approximately 9,500 Sturmgeschütz IIIs of various types were produced until March of 1945 by Alkett and a small number by MIAG.[2][1]

In 1944 the Finnish Army received 59 StuG III Ausf. G from Germany (30 Stu 40 Ausf.G and 29 StuG III Ausf. G) and used them against the Soviet Union. These destroyed at least 87 enemy tanks for a loss of only 8 StuGs[2] (some of these were destroyed by their crews when they abandoned the vehicle to prevent capture). After the war they were main combat vehicles of the Finnish Army until early 1960s. These StuGs gained the nickname "Sturmi" which can be found in some plastic kit models.

Sturmgeschütz IIIs were also exported to other nations like Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and Spain.

Many German Sturmgeschütz IIIs were captured by Yugoslav Partisans and afther the war they were used by Yugoslav Peoples Army until the 1950s.

After the Second World War, the Soviet Union gave some of the captured German vehicles to Syria, which continued to use them at least until the Six Days War (1967).

 

Hvala na podrsci kuco stara , a jos vise hvala na ovom istorijatu i podacima. To se trazi. Svaka cast .

Bilo bi lepo da se ovde postuju i fotke iz vremena kada je sprava bila u akciji, mogu i art radovi, makete. SLobodno saljite, ako ko ima volje, neka ovo bude mesto gde se svasta moze naci o ovom orudju.

A sad prelazim na gusenice i tockove: krecem spreda od desne gusenice, pa na levu - sve u krug (ima i interesantnih uglova - tamo gde je samo kamera mogla da prodje)

I jos malo dalje (obratite paznju na proizvodjace guma)

Evo par slicica modela koji su bili u sluzbi Sirije.

  Ujkaalberte super. Izgleda da su te neke varijante - na prvom je koren cvi obuhvacen velikim balonastim oklopom, a i na drugom kao da su dodati oklopi sa strana. Interesantno. Znaci, Sirijci su koristili sprave koje su Nemici ostavili u Drugom svetskom ratu?
Super su fotke.

Sada malo pogleda od nazad i odozdo:
sl.1: pogled ka napred preko "blatobrana" sa desne strane
sl.2, 3: pogled preko odeljka sa motorm na "kupolu", i detalj (kruzna forma u prvom planu je sluzila za???? )
sl.4, 5, 6, 7 i 8: zadnja strana dole i detalji (otvori, poklopci)
sl.9: pogled odozdo
sl10 i 11: detalji zadnje ivice odozdo (zastitne mreze, gusenica,tocak)