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Text in original Preserved German Tanks publication:
The Sturmgeschütz III was known to Finnish soldiers as the Sturmi, and examples were in service in the Finnish Army until the mid-1960’s. This StuG was presented to the museum by the Panssarikilta (Finnish Tank Guild) and was previously in the collection of the Parola Panssarimuseo. It was part of an exchange that took place between the museums in 1990. A Saladin armoured car and a Humber Pig personnel carrier were transported to Finland. This StuG III and a Soviet T-26 light tank were brought back. The transportation and exchange were conducted on behalf of the museum by members of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment and the crew of the landing craft HMAV Arakan. The vehicle is a late production Ausf G with a Saukopf mantlet, without coaxial machine-gun, and it also has a cast cupola shield and all-steel return rollers. It had Finnish markings on the side and the number “Ps.531-45” painted on the superstructure front. It appears to have had Finnish Army modifications, including an extra stowage box on the front right of the superstructure and a modified driver’s vision block. It is now displayed in German camouflage and markings. However, it still retains the Finnish modifications.
Text in Preserved German Tanks Update:
The Germans supplied this StuG to the Finnish Army in 1943. For a while it was displayed in the Museum painted to represent a vehicle that was used by the Germans in Italy in 1943. It was also given a German-style concrete coating and ‘waffle pattern’ Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste. In 2007 it was repainted in Finnish markings, though it retains the German concrete and Zimmerit, and is now displayed as a Finnish vehicle.
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1: Upper front left view
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2: Front right view
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3: Front left view
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4: Front view
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5: Front left view
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6: Rear right view
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