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| Subject: | Re: late war stugs |  |
| Date: | Jun 27, 2001 |
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To quote from Von Manstein 8 June, 1936:
"The Sturmartillierie is a support weapon for the normal infantry divisions...In
addition, they will be the preferred offensive anti-tank weapon..."
Also note that the original designation was s.Pak, which indicates that an
anti-tank role was envisioned for the type from its inception. The long guns were
simply an improvement on a tried and true weapons system and a reenforcement of
the original doctrine, not some mid-war change.
The most probable reasons that short 7.5cm guns were not photographed later in the
war was that they would have been quite rare at the time. This is not to say they
were non-existant, however. And as the mentioned photo of the long gun on an early
chassis would indicate, surviving chassis would have been re-fitted with the new
gun when available.
Frank |
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