January 6, 20233 yr #1 Found two photos of it in use, first one from a Luftwaffe Unit, perhaps the 1st Parachute Division. A Summery of who used them. They were employed by 16 German divisions in Italy and the Balkans: 18 were supplied to the XI. Fliegerkorps under the command of the Luftwaffe, 25 were supplied to 15. Panzergrenadier-Division. 48 divided into groups of 6 went to arm 8 Infanterie-Divisionen: 65. Infanterie-Division, 71. Infanterie-Division, 94. Infanterie-Division, 162. ‘Turkistan’ Infanterie-Division, 305. Infanterie-Division, 334. Infanterie-Division, 356. Infanterie-Division, 362.Infanterie-Division together with other Italian self-propelled guns mostly M42M from 75/34 and L40 from 47/32. Another six went to the 44. Reichs-Grenadier-Division “Hoch und Deutschmeister” and to the 5. Gebirgs-Division and five others to the Panzer-Ausbildungs-Abteilung Süd which was founded in Verona, Northern Italy, in October 1943. Others were employed in unknown numbers by a Jäger-Division, 3 assault brigades, and a company of the 12. Division Panzer SS ‘Hitlerjugend’. The remaining vehicles were kept in reserve and used to replace the losses suffered by the divisions that used them.
January 7, 20233 yr Author #2 Another one, this time a destroyed one in 1945, again the unit that used it is not mentioned. As an aside, the one GI, the one on the right is in the Air corps, he's wearing the Air Corps patch.
February 2, 20233 yr Author #4 Indian troops of the 11th Sikh Regiment 8th Indian Division examine a knocked out Sturmgeschütz M42,says it's of Panzerjäger-Abteilung 278 278 Infanterie Division.
February 2, 20233 yr #5 I wonder if the US Army Air Corps Sergeant was perhaps a forward observer looking closely at his work?
June 26, 20233 yr Author #6 Another Gem from Tamiya. of the 71st Infantry Division,s Panzerjäger Battalion.
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