hatch Id ...

[jevgenijss]

Hi to all , I'm curious about yeserday find , this hatch were excavated where PZ IV and STUG III were blown up , beisdes the other parts from these vehicles was found this hatch it's about 2 cm thick , I have an idea that it's the rear motor deck hatch of early STUG , but previously has never found early Stug parts , in this region were actions at the end of 44 ... Anyway would like to hear any toughts about this item ...

[steverobertsbbc]

Hi Evgenij,

It's the left-hand bow inspection hatch of a Miag StuG III Ausf G.

p. 263 of your Sturmgeschutz III vol 2 book!

Steve

PS - those links look like they just came out of the foundry! Also like the tool to pull the tracks together!

[recceboy]

Nice Finds

Once again nice finds.

Anthony

[Roman Alymov]

Also like the tool to pull the tracks together!

This Y-shaped foldable track linking tool looks much more compact (and complicated) then 1941 V-shaped unfoldable tool from Pz III found near Moscow. It’s strange Germans adopted this complicated design while losing the war.

[me6_130]

Roman,

You are right. I had realized that one and I was surprised to see such a complicated making.

Carles

[Bullitt]

hatch

Hi Evgenij,

this type off hatch is from standard PZ III Ausf J , L and M hulls, and their derivates like the StuG III F8 and early G's
I guess no PZ III were around their but maybe some bergepanzer III was ?

ciao
Bullitt