Hi everyone,

I have an Early Stug G and aftermarket zimmerit which has the cross hatch pattern. Can anyone lead me to a profile or picture of a Stug that had that kind of zimmerit? The box top picture shows no zimmerit on the hull.

Thanks,
Mark

Mark;

Hi!

"Early" StuG III G...

Well - the G started production in DEC 1942. Factory zimmerit (including that waffle pattern seen on the Dragon / CyberHobby SturmHaubitz 42 (StuG III G with howitzer) kit) application did not start up until Fall (not earlier then late SEP or OCT) 1943.

So... IF your kit is an "early" G, it will not have been factory zimm'd during production. NO FACTORY ZIMM on that early G.

It MAY have received a field application during the summer of 1943, or it could have been sent back for refurbishment and been zimm'd during that rebuild sometime from summer, 1943 on (much as those after-Kursk early brummbar and Ferdinand - converted to - Elefants were, in OCT 1943).

Of course, all this is about a genuine "early production" StuG G. The zimm datelines allow that those StuG G made from DEC 1942 through AUG+ 1943 escaped being factory zimm'd. Field applications and refurbs after SEP 1943 could apply.

Hope this helps!

Bob

It would help if you post the picture of what you call "cross hatch pattern".
The really early ones would have no zimmerit at all. They went into production almost a year before zimmerit was introduced. The later ones would have so called "waffle" pattern. It would be applied not only to the superstructure and hull, but to fenders and mudguards as well.