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Another Stug crew question
tankman08
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Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 08:33 PM UTC
Hi all,
What colour was the piping on the tunics of Stug crewmen? I wasnt sure if it was red or pink.
Were Stugs classed as panzers or sturmartillerie?
Thanks in advance.

Regards Paul
jjumbo
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Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 - 01:22 AM UTC
Hey Paul,
The piping or Waffenfarbe would be bright red for artillery.

Waffenfarbe

Waffenfarbe

StuG's were considered part of the sturmartillerie.
Cheers

jjumbo
marcb
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Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 - 01:52 AM UTC
It depends,

Independent heer Sturmartillerie units, were part of the Artillerie, so they had red waffenfarbe. These units used Sturmgeschutze III.

However the Stug III was also used in units that were part of an existing division (fe a Heer or Waffen SS Panzer Division, or a Heer Infanterie Division), as Panzerjagers. In that role the crew had pink waffenfarbe.

Hope that helps.
scgatgbi
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Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 - 01:58 AM UTC

Quoted Text

It depends,

Independent heer Sturmartillerie units, were part of the Artillerie, so they had red waffenfarbe. These units used Sturmgeschutze III.

However the Stug III was also used in units that were part of an existing division (fe a Heer or Waffen SS Panzer Division, or a Heer Infanterie Division), as Panzerjagers. In that role the crew had pink waffenfarbe.

Hope that helps.


Would this rule of thumb apply to Recon units in Pumas (etc) as well?
marcb
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Posted: Friday, September 25, 2009 - 04:04 AM UTC
Yes I think so,

The waffenfarbe was dependend on the unit the crew belonged to, not on the type of vehicle the crew manned.
See this related thread on Missing Links:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47212/message/1192734155/Crew+for+234-2+Puma-
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