Bolt action: Historically Normandy 1944 project

A quick update.
I have assemble all of my germans now. My german force now consist of:

20 infantry: Two squad of 10 soldiers build after the squad organization I have covered earlier.
1/1: platoon officer and 1 helper
1/1: Forward observer + 1 rifleman in support
1: 81 mm mortar team
1: flamethrower team
1: panzerschreckt team
1: Sd.Kfz 251/1 ausf D halftrack
1: stug III ausf G

I have cheated with the hanomag.  I painted it some time ago.

It is a Hanomag Sd.Kfz 251/1 ausf D version. the D model can be easily recognized by its single piece sloping rear, with flat doors. It was designed to transport the mechanized infantry, into battle, an keep up with the armour units, so they had infantry support. Over 15000 Hanomags was produced during the WWII and was also used in Normandy.

It had room for the 10 man german squad and gave the squad some protection against small arms fire and  shrapnel from artillery fire. The standard mounting was at least one MG 34 or MG 42 machine gun allowed the vehicle to provide suppressive fire for the squad while they dismounted. Its concept is what we know today from mechanized infantry. I used to be a commander of a m113 g3 version. Many soldiers in western armies knows and love/had the m113 and its variants.  (see picture above of my old pioneer m113 )

I just finish painting this StuG III ausf G from Warlords and Italeri. It was a lovely little kit and a pleasure to paint.

The StuG III was  one of the most numerous StuG variant. Even though StuG IV began production in late 1943, the numbers of production, from my understanding, never reached the same as the stug III version. It served on all fronts as assault guns and tank destroyers. Because of the StuG low silhouette it was ideal for defensiv operation and tank hunter. There for I chose this model version, with side hull spaced armour plates (Schürzen). This is because StuG definitely was used in Normandy

If you check out the swedish  post-WWII main battle tank, stridsvagn 103, you can see a clear inspiration from armour types like the StuG and the jagdpanther models. The stridsvagn 103 was ideal for primarily a military on the defence, as the swedish was in the years after WWII. They learned alot from the germans experience.