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Stug IV Mid Zimmerit, or No?

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Stug IV Mid Zimmerit, or No?
Posted by CharleyGnarlyP290 on Saturday, January 7, 2017 7:56 PM

Need help from the German armor experts.
Here are the options I have available for the Stug IV mid I am fittin to build:
Unidentified Unit, East Prussia, 1944
17 Pz. Gren. Div. "Gotz von Berlichingen," Normandy 1944 (2 different schemes)
Pz. Lehr Div., Normandy 1944
The Unidentified Unit vehicle has skirts on it and the others don't. I am leaning more toward the Normandy vehicles at this point.
My question is this: Which of these vehicles (if any) would have zimmerit? I have tried the webs, but can't really find anything.

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Posted by jgeratic on Sunday, January 8, 2017 3:33 AM

There is known dates for when zimmerit was applied at factories.  Basically from December 1943 to early September 1944.  The Stug IV began production during this time frame, so if you are building your model of a vehicle in action during this period, then the answer is easy - it should have zimmerit.

There is a pdf list here of the allocation of Stug IV, beginning page 14.

http://missinglinks2.tripod.com/stugiv.pdf

 

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There is some question of the Stugs with Lehr during Normandy.  A book I have states ten vehicles were given to the third company of  Panzerjäger-Lehr-Abteilung 130, which had not yet received its Jagdpanzer IV's.  Wiki entry has it at only nine vehicle's, replacements in lieu of five Tiger II that never joined the unit due to breakdowns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_Lehr_Division#cite_note-16

regards,

Jack

 

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