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Stug III F8 HG Div.

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25 September 2014, 10:54
Hunter Cummins
Me like alot 😄
 28 September 2014, 21:02
H K
Thanks 🙂
 28 September 2014, 22:34
Fabian D.
What´s that cage on the gunsight? a special feature of Hermans StuGs?
 28 September 2014, 22:40
John Van Kooten
The cage on the gun sight is an extra measure of protection. Those cages were fitted starting from January 1943 on all StuG's. It was not so much to protect the scope itself but to prevent enemy soldiers from lobbing grenades / other explosive devices into the relatively large opening for the gun sight.

This is a REALLY nice kit btw! Well done so far, Herb! 👍
 29 September 2014, 06:40
John Van Kooten
Actually, to be completely exact, starting from January 1943 extra armor was added to the plating of the gun sight, making the hole smaller. And the cage was another addition to that improvement.

And when I say "fitted on all StuG's", I mean, optionally. Not all StuG's had this cage fitted. In fact, I think it may even be hard to find photo's of StuG's that actually DO have them fitted 😛
 29 September 2014, 06:51
Gábor Bélik
Following.
 29 September 2014, 07:07
Christian Meyerhoff
On my to do list as well. Will follow with interest.
 29 September 2014, 08:21
H K
Regarding the cage, I have one photo of Stug Nr. 35 with the cage and one without. The pictures from the fighting on Sicily show other Stugs without it. At first I thought I leave it off, but the plastic part is really nice, so I added it ( PE version is also included btw. but you have to bend it yourself)
PS: Reference pictures for the fighting on Sicily are hard to find. I have Concord`s " Panzers in Italy 1943- 1945" ( only a few photos) and luckily Firefly Collection Nr. 3 " Fortress- German Armour in the defence of Sicily"
 29 September 2014, 11:34

Project info

4 bilder
1:35
Pågående
1:35 StuG. III F/8 Early Production (Dragon 6620)1:35 PANZER III Accessories / EASTERN FRONT (Blast Models BL35020K)1:35 Luftwaffe Stug Crew (Warriors 35492)
StuG. III Ausf. F/8
3R Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1935-1945)
Fallschirm-Pz.Div. 1 Hermann Göring 34
1943 World War 2 - Sicilia IT
RAL7028 Dark Yellow RAL6003 Olive Green RAL8017 Red Brown
 

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