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October 4, 2018 at 8:54 am #1280035

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I concur with @avernos – @limburger … the main German halftrack used by the DAK is SdKfz 7.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._7

This was the one used not for infantry assault but to tow guns larger than 7.5cm … like the 8.8 FlaK 36, the 10.5cm FdHbz howitzers and the 150.0 cms.

This is the one @johnlyons had correctly in his Bootcamp Desert Force (I’m assuming to tow his 88).

There were no SdKfz 250 or 251 “Hanomags” that I know of … at least not until Tunisia.

When talking StuG-III, if you’re talking DAK, just please remember to stick with StG III-D short barreled L24 variant, and there was literally one battery of these ever deployed (3 vehicles) – with Sonderverband 288, attached to 90th Light Division, only for the Gazala Offensive of early 1942 and Alamein battles later.

Again, all bets are off once you get to Tunisia. A whole new German army shows up, completely new divisions, and DAK is “instantly” rebuilt almost from the ground up. Between Alamein and Tunisia, there’s almost a “reset” button hit and more familiar StuG-III Fs and Gs (long barreled tank hunters) may have been more common then. I’d have to check.