Stug-III in Belarus.

[BIG TROLL]

Stug-III was found near Mogilyov (Belarus) one week ago.

http://www.ctv.by/news/~news=46034

[MG-Freak]

Very nice

[militaria2000]

Great finde hope its restored

[Tiflo 62]

Amazing find !
It's in bad conditions !

Did they find the turret ?

[pzrwest]

Being a Stug it wouldn't have a turret

[BIG TROLL]

Great finde hope its restored

Now Stug here.
http://svsm.org/gallery/stalinlinemuseum01
It will be obligatory to be restored.

[Tiflo 62]

eah, I mean where is the gun ?

[Bullitt]

eah, I mean where is the gun ?

Cut and taken by the srapmen ....just like the engine deck and Maybach engine
The rest of the hull was already sunken to deep in the riverbank to be victim of the cuttingtorch

ciao
Bullitt

[Daimyo]

Actually in the article and video it says that engine and superstructure were taken by local people to repair their agricultular machinery in 1945.

[Hans Zeug]

Stug

Looks like they found some live german soldiers with it Nice find though,wonder how many are out there waiting to be dug up?

[rittervomhuf]

incredible
this is real nice.
Tomorrow I'l go and try to find one myselfe

[Bullitt]

@daimyo

Actually in the article and video it says that engine and superstructure were taken by local people to repair their agricultular machinery in 1945.

yes that is stated in the article but imho seems very unlikely.
repairing agricultural machinery with panzer steel
and what are they going to do with a V12 Maybach engine?....put it in one of there tractors to do tractorpulling anno 1945
of course they could have pulled the Stug out of the mud with their pimped tractor ....but they dind't

scrap metal always had a certain value because it could be recycled

ciao
Bullitt