Der Alte Fritz Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Developed after the battle of Kursk during the retreat to the Dneipr, this modification of the basic Marder III proved popular with troops as they fell back to the river line. Able to fire on the move, the light vehicle as able to run quickly to the rear, firing as it went and confused the Soviet commanders. Often reported as an Elephant, it was very hard to destroy because by the time your shell landed at the place you thought it was, it had moved. This invulnerability was reported back to Comrade Stain as immensely thick armour and he immediately ordered the creation of the ISU-152 to counter it. However the slow re-loading and long flight time of this immense shell only made the problem worse and so the T34-57 was re-introduced to counter it. This was more successful and the Spitz (as it was affectionately known) was dropped from the German order of battle. Moving so fast it was rarely captured on film and this is one of the only known examples of it in existence today. An example used by the SS was a complete failure as they only knew how to attack and when moving forwards the gun was rendered useless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Grey Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Huh...? What exactly is it you're trying to tell us? Especially sinne the screenshot is of such low quality I can only guess what vehicle you#re actually talking about... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Look closely and picture the UK's Archer but with swastikas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Nice one DAF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Alte Fritz Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 It is a Marder III with the gun facing the wrong way. You often get sounds contacts with 'strange looking' vehicles, anyone else got any examples? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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