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Wehrmacht - Stummel [Sampolit Film]

7. episode from the technical serial about the weapons of the Wehrmacht. As part of the experimentation, in 1942 at the Büssing-NAG plant, the 75 mm gun was mounted on one of the regular SdKfz 231. Though the dimensions of this gun were insignificant, it was still too big for the armored body of the SdKfz 231, therefore its design had to be modified. A new body for the heavy armored artillery support vehicle SdKfz 233, as the Stummel, was built. Construction was undertaken using parts from its predecessors. The turret was completely demounted, and most of the equipment unrelated to artillery supports, were removed. After all these measures, the crew decreased from 4 to 3 persons due to the lack of free space inside the armored body. The Stummel proved to be a serious weapon. The major threat for these vehicles came from ground attack aircraft - the big opening on the top of their armored bodies was very vulnerable to bombs or strafing. Despite the small quantity of SdKfz 233 built, they were actively used in every theater of conflict, from 1942 until the final days of the war. After the SdKfz 233 had proved the concept of artillery support by armored cars the work on developing the SdKfz 234/3 began straight away. This machine replaced similar machines of the SdKfz 233 type. In October the first prototype SdKfz 234/3 was delivered to the range of the armored-technics concern Ariss. As with the Sd. Kfz. 233 Stummel, the superstructure and top armor plate were dismantled, but unlike the old Stummel, the new armored car received the more modern K51 L/24 75mm caliber gun. Batch production began at the end of 1943 and continued up to the end of 1944. Most of the new Stummels served with the 116th Panzer Division in Normandy. At least one Sd.Kfz.234/3 was captured by the British Army. It is exhibited today in the Bovington Tank Museum in England.