@TT33a could you take a look at this newsreel and tell me if those Stug 40G’s are the same as this latest modification you suggested?
They seem to be later than this game’s May 1943 Stug III G but earlier than my suggestion for a Dec 1944 Stug III G since they are missing a rundumfeuer MG, coaxial MG, solid 80 mm front plate (not bolted), & late round muzzle break:
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These were delivered as new tanks without markings in 1944 August and September. It seems like the frontal hull is not bolted anymore but is a solid 80mm plate, and it has the Saukopf mantlet which was introduced in 1943 November if I understood your sources right. So calling it a mid-production late 1943 version would be accurate?
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Cupoal Protection and Concrete with track pieces inside.
Space for Schützen with normal and extended tracks.
Coax MG
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+1 don’t see why not
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+1 good for a folder
+1, it’d be nice to have this model in game to play alongside the already existing early model!
+1 for me
The Schützen that The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum fabricated for their StuG III restoration, would be the type that is shown on the drawings.
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Not just the type, the document (in general not just the pages posted by me) shown in the video is the same i think.
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+1 StuG
Dunno if I’m late to this but I’d like to point out there were differences between Alkett and MIAG produced StuG’s.
Alkett and MIAG both produced different types of steel return rollers. Though you sometimes see a combination on the same vehicle.
Alkett had square cable clamps on the fenders whilst MIAG produced were round.
Alkett StuG’s were produced with the five pilzen starting in October 1944. MIAG meanwhile started with three pilzen in December 1944 until January 1945, after which they adopyed the five pilzen.
Alkett introduced the topfblende in October 1943 whilst MIAG would keep the kastenblende. However some MIAG produced StuG’s towards the end of the war are shown with the topfblende. From what I can gather, Alkett had produced too many and a few ended up in MIAG factories.
Alkett and MIAG also produced different patterns of zimmerit. Alkett applied waffle zimmerit, MIAG applied a square pattern.
In early 1944, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 190 would adopt an improvised style of pivoting schurzen. By 1945, Alkett had officially adopted this for the StuG’s. MIAG however would continue to use the larger fixed schurzen until the end of the war.
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The Plural of Pilz is Pilze not Pilzen. (Mushroom)
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Adding in the missing smoke & changing the rank does not solve the problem, gaijin. We (& Finland) still lack a proper representation of the StuG III G
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And there is still no MG34/42…
upd: By the way, I received this response to my bug report on this topic:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/WJCOagZlUn6v
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I guess the Bug Reporting Manager #1 fool confused the Nebelwurfgerät for the Nahverteidigungswaffe
The game’s model is an early 1943 example. This continued lack of MG is just gaijin’s attempt to disadvantage German vehicles in any possible way in order for them to be at the mercy of ground obstructions &/or aircraft. Additionally, the fool probably does not know about the existence of the MG 42:
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They added the Nebelbecher but still didn´t fix the muzzlebrake.
What is wrong with these people ? How ignorand can one be ?
It´s driving me nuts.