Re: [DS2]TD Design

On 10 Sep 98, at 15:32, Mikko Kurki-Suonio wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Barry Cadwgan wrote:
> 
> > It was more a case of being able to fit a bigger gun (and actually
> > useful) on a chassis you already had a production line set up for.	
> 
> Yes, I fully agree. But some designs (e.g. StugIII, Hetzer) were
actually
> good AFVs unlike stop-gap measures like Marders.
> 
> > The Pz 3, likewise obsolete as a MBT gained a new lease on life as
an
> > assault gun.  
> 
> Except that StugIII production started long before PzIII became
obsolete.
> Long barrel Stugs did help with T34's before PzIVf2 came out, though.
> 

I think I read somewhere that StugIII's as a class got the largest 
number of enemy tank kills out of any other class of german 
armoured vehicle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Richard Slattery	     richard@mgkc.demon.co.uk
It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent,
a director, an actor. 
     Zsa Zsa Gabor, on the jury used in her assault trial
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~