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Unique ID: 126 Added to Database: May 2008 Last Edited: 22 March 2012 Type (ID): Sturmgeschütz III (80) Model (ID): Ausf G (161) Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000) Location (ID): World War 2 (3010) Serial Number: Registration: “Ps531-44” (Finnish) painted on superstructure front. Name: “Maija” painted on driver’s visor (previously “Ulla” painted on the superstructure sides). Other Identification: Three large wooden logs fastened to superstructure sides. Collection Reference: E1990.64. (Accession 6490, Entry 1990.1055). Links: Museum Vehicle Record References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Altmärkische Kettenfabrik (Alkett) GmbH, Berlin-Spandau, Germany (Primary manufacturer) 2: Finland (Finnish Army service from 1943) 3: Panssarimuseo, Parola, Finland (1960s-1990) 4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location) 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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March 2011 1: Upper front left view Taken: 10 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7130 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56585414... Views: 255 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		2: Front right view Taken: 8 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7129 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56585297... Views: 186 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		3: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7125 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56584979... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
4: Front view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7126 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56579359... Views: 170 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		5: Front left view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7127 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56579150... Views: 187 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		6: Rear right view Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 7128 Added: 21 March 2012 Filename: 56585197... Views: 178 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
October 2008 7: Front left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4763 Added: 4 April 2011 Filename: P1030755... Views: 162 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		8: Front right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4764 Added: 4 April 2011 Filename: P1030756... Views: 174 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		9: Left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4765 Added: 4 April 2011 Filename: P1030754... Views: 155 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
10: Rear left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4766 Added: 4 April 2011 Filename: P1030753... Views: 174 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		11: Rear view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4767 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030752... Views: 184 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		12: Rear right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4768 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030750... Views: 152 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
13: Rear right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4769 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030751... Views: 122 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		14: Right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4770 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030761... Views: 0 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		15: Front right view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4771 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030760... Views: 2 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
16: Front view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4772 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030759... Views: 1 Select/Has Priority: 22/0		17: Left view Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4773 Added: 5 April 2011 Filename: P1030776... Views: 0 Select/Has Priority: 22/0
Date Unknown 18: Front right view Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 62 Added: 27 May 2008 Filename: Scan_Stu... Views: 257 Select/Has Priority: 1/0

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