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Post by: Rendar on October 16, 2001, 03:34:00 AM

(http://personal.palouse.net/ferens/m2.jpg)

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Post by: fdiron on October 16, 2001, 03:56:00 AM

Thats easy.  Its a tank.

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Post by: GRUNHERZ on October 16, 2001, 05:01:00 AM

SdKfz 165/1 10.5cm Geschutzwagen.

The gun could be fired from the vehicle  or be removed and fired from the ground.

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Post by: Staga on October 16, 2001, 05:02:00 AM

PzIV with 105mm howitzer in "open top" turret

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Post by: GRUNHERZ on October 16, 2001, 05:08:00 AM

It was called "Heuschrecke" which means grasshopper.

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Post by: GRUNHERZ on October 16, 2001, 05:11:00 AM

Its not a Panzer IV.

The chassis is called Geschuztwagen IVb. Notice it has only 3 two road wheel suspension sets instead of the Panzer IVs 4. It was also diffrent in many other ways.

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Post by: Staga on October 16, 2001, 05:24:00 AM

Chassis was modified PzIV. Turret was specially made for those prototypes (8 built?) but that self-propelled 105mm howitzer was dumped 'cause StuG's were already in production.

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Post by: Rendar on October 16, 2001, 06:07:00 PM

Grunherz, either you have no life or you looked it up.  ;)

[ 10-16-2001: Message edited by: Rendar ]

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Post by: GRUNHERZ on October 16, 2001, 10:06:00 PM

:) I like tanks.

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Post by: Staga on October 17, 2001, 02:55:00 PM

Howabout a ride in restored StuG 40 Ausf.G  :)
 http://www.geocities.com/~fi1877/ (http://www.geocities.com/~fi1877/)

They have also restored T-26 and T-34.

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Post by: Staga on October 17, 2001, 05:49:00 PM

I'm not sure if that that 105mm howitzer in that first pic was removable but this one here is thought howitzer was not usable but chassis itself could be used for recover another panzers or as a ammunition-carrier.
btw this one has 4 sets of road wheels and 4 runner wheels.

 (http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/105mm-Heuschrecke.jpg)

 (http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/105mmWaffentrager.jpg)

 (http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/GWIVb_Heuschrecke10.jpg)