This kind of goes against the thread title formats. As the build thread is in the Animale Antics GB section it is not needed at all. Its in the completed Build section that that would be a great idea.Could I ask everyone entering the GB to stick (AAGB) at the end of your thread title. This should help keeping up with updates.
Sorry to have to contradict you Mr Jones, but there is no evidence of the StuG being used by the Russians in fighting. Only a few were captured and sent for evaluation.View attachment 358359
In general - no. However there are the odd reported accounts of captured Tigers being used for short periods after capture until they broke down or damaged beyond use. This is because they were so technically advanced it was difficult to acquire spare parts. They were also taken back to HQ for evaluation purposes.
There are however examples of companies of Panther's used by the Rusiians. Ultimately the Russians preferred the more reliable Panzers and Stugs as they broke down less and spare parts were more plentiful
So using them as targets doesn't count?Sorry to have to contradict you Mr Jones, but there is no evidence of the StuG being used by the Russians in fighting.
Sorry to have to contradict you Mr Jones, but there is no evidence of the StuG being used by the Russians in fighting. Only a few were captured and sent for evaluation.
Good day .
Interesting,Sergeant John Cooper I shall have to find out more. We read so many conflicting reports about who used what and where.I'm afraid I wasnt around at the time. I am reincarnated from Sergeant John Cooper a Fusilier during the Napoleonic wars.
These are some of the passages that I based my summations on
For example, after the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943, several hundred German Panzer III tanks and similar StuG III assault guns/tank destroyers were captured. So many were available that a significant effort was made to repair and re-use them. More than 100 were rebuilt as the SU-76i self-propelled gun, with some even serving as Soviet SG-122 self-propelled howitzer vehicle prototypes. Besides Panzer IIIs and StuG IIIs, the Soviets also used about a hundred ex-German Panzer IV medium tanks and (at least) some Panther tanks.
"It is suggested to the Red Army to use such German tanks as StuG III and Pz IV due to their relability and availability of spare parts. The new German Panther and Tiger can be used until they broken down without trying to repair them. They have bad engines, transmission and suspension." - Department of Weaponry of the Red Army, late 1944.
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A column of the trophy Pz.III and StuG.III
Hello happy modellers!
I would enjoy being part of this GB with two kits, one thread for each, if I may:
1:56 Bolt Action wargame model of a Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma
1:35 Cyberhobby (Dragon) /3 Puma with 2 cm schwebelafette
What do I need to do?
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Thanks! I was looking for this, as well as the rules fir starting GB's.Hi there Christian,
Your more than welcome to join in with your two builds.
Follow this link. Click on the orange box that says post thread, create a title, add some words and pictures of and off you go. The forum dictates that you must post pictures of the sprues in the kit.
Rules for group builds in general are Here.
Hope this helps
Si
I’m going to be pedantic and say that although neither of the two was officially called a “Puma”, the second one of those certainly never was. “Puma” when talking about the Sd.Kfz. 234 means the /2 with 5-cm-KwK1:35 Cyberhobby (Dragon) /3 Puma with 2 cm schwebelafette
I’m going to be pedantic and say that although neither of the two was officially called a “Puma”, the second one of those certainly never was. “Puma” when talking about the Sd.Kfz. 234 means the /2 with 5-cm-KwK
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