Fuser Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Recently, a gamer from my beloved spanish site devoted to wargaming ( www.puntadelanza.net ) asked about this part in the front hull of the Stug III ( and some other German tanks). Do you know what is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saferight Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 i think that's the mount for the "Travel Lock" for the barrel? or headlight maybe? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 A central mount Notek blackout light. Just a light with a hood, to illuminate the ground sufficiently for the driver to see without destroying his night vision or giving off too much illumination so the vehicle could be targeted. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowly Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 i think that's the mount for the "Travel Lock" for the barrel? Yup, that's it, you can see it clearly in this photo: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Stug_iii_helsinki.jpg EDIT: Actually, c3k might be correct! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saferight Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 No C3K is right. the travel lock is a separate piece here's a better pic. http://svsm.org/gallery/StuGIII/P1310534 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amizaur Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 You guys explained this already, so only some pictures: http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr11/MrDyzio/1-72%20StuG%2040%20LWP%20-%20Revell/P1000638_zps0033de3b.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~szee1a/Bovington_Tanks/DBZ_6828.jpg http://i.ebayimg.com/t/WWII-German-relic-Stug-40-Ausf-G-7-5-cm-gun-barrel-support-STUGIII-RARE-/00/s/ODk5WDEyMDA=/z/x2cAAMXQ-3NRj-Zr/$T2eC16dHJHQFFhPkJ074BRj-Zq0kMQ~~60_35.JPG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedorf81 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 They (the nightlight thingies) were also used on other vehicles. Like on my little favourite, the schwimmwagen. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen (Look on hood beside spare tire.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Will someone please get this man a Schwimmwagen?! Santa, are you listening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amizaur Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 About 25-30 years ago, a Schwimmwagen was parked on my playground . I played on it as a kid . Of course back then I didn't know what kind of car it was. It was just an old, small, strange looking olive-green car with a propeller behind, parked on my uncle's yard on his farm. I lived there, the large farm was divided in half between my dad and my uncle. The story was that some guy that owned a Schwimmwagen asked my uncle to store it for him. Don't know why, maybe the guy didn't own a garage. It was in Poland, in the years before the 1989. So for few years a Schwimmwagen was just parked in some bushes on a yard, partially covered with some tarp, sometimes not. I remember the strange shapes, small narrow tires and especially the folding windscreen . It didn't have seats, IIRC, but other than that, it was in working state - I was told that when they brought it, the guy with my uncle played with it and tried to swim on a nearby lake - and it was swimming . Unfortunately, I don't know what happened with it later. In those times in Poland (before the 1989), such things (surviving German military stuff) were not worth as much money as today and collecting them was seen as something somewhat wrong. Not much people were interested in it, anyway. Today it's another story. I wonder, where it is now - probably not in Poland anymore - and what was it's story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Ah, the one that got away... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedorf81 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Ah, the one that got away... Maybe Santa has it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Daaaw! It looks like a widdle german helmet, soooo cute 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StkNRdr Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 one more close up shot of the StuG III. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astaken/10273711995/in/set-72157636517138326/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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