Ersatz Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G

Well you know of Ersatz M10 panther which Germans tried to disguise it as M10 well it was not the only tank that Germans tried to disguise as American there was another one and yeah that tank was a STUG
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The name of the tank is Ersatz Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G

A brief history

During the Battle of the Bulge, Otto Skorzeny and Panzer Brigade 150 were tasked with the capture at least two of the bridges over the Meuse River before the Allies could destroy them. As the mission was part of Operation Greif, Skorzeny was to use captured Allied uniforms and equipment, however, to effectively execute the operation, he needed more of such equipment. Skorzeny requested 12 tanks, 20 armored cars, 20 self-propelled guns, 100 Jeeps, 40 motorcycles, and 120 trucks. All of these needed to be of Allied origin. The equipment that arrived severely fell short of the requirements. Only two Shermans arrived, both of which were in severe disrepair, alongside 6 M3 halftracks, 4 M8 armored cars, 21 motorcycles, 28 Jeeps, and 9 trucks. Pulling out of the operation was not an option, so Skorzeny just had to make do with what he was given and fill in the gaps with German equipment. The brigade had five Panthers and five StuG III Gs on hand. The Panthers were modified and turned into the Ersatz M10s. What many don’t know, however, is that the StuG III Gs were also modified. These modifications included the addition of sheet-metal side-skirts, removal of the roof machine gun, and the addition of sheet-metal over the engine deck. It is unknown what the new Ersatz StuG III G was meant to mimic and many still debate over the subject to this day. One of the popular theories is that it’s meant to look like an M7 Priest

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Yeah this was just a small post and there is nothing else add to here since this will be same as Stug III Ausf. G in every aspect except that it wont have MG on top oh wait the in game model doesn’t have that top mg either so this will be the same as the premium but with disguised look. This could be a fun event tank.

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reminds me how much of the universal century zeon stuff is based on germany ww2
the zaku that tries to look like a GM


SORRY A BIG GUNDAM FAN

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There was also an stug 3 disguised as a building. This was in Finland tho

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The winter war was tecnically the peak of cammoflage

This is basically the white death but tank version lol

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This one is not from winter war. Itis an coastal defense position from 1975. Althought im quite sure they had similar disguises used in ww2

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Excellent find, what a fun tank

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Sauna camo

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genius or madness

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I can see it actually working but only in deserts and if the tank is far away even if the tank’s track are seen you could always chalk it up to mirage also if the tracks are seen soldiers could always assume that it is some kinda tracked APC not a bad idea if I say so

LIKE MUCH OF DISGUISE OUTSIDE CAMO PAINT AND SHRUBS ITS FOR DISGUISE AGAINST PLANES

or near-sighted soldiers without glasses