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Hi,

Probably a really silly question, but ive searched online and struggling to find the info.

The spec for the StugIII says it has two machine guns. I get that one is on the top. Is the other fired from the vision slit in the front? Where the HL Stug's LED is?

Just want to make sure I get it right

hi mike1268, I know this sounds daft but apparently the HL stug 3 has the m/g in the drivers vision slot ,the led is in the mantlet above the barrel ,tanker 242.

The led for the machine gun on the hl stug is in the drivers slot. The ir emitter is in the mantlet. Still doesn't answer where the second machine gun is in real life

mike,

My understanding is that it is in the mantlet. I couldn't find a real life picture but this is where it is suppose to be:
MichaelC.

Had a quick look on wiki and it says only 1 x 7.92mg34



Edit-
"Beginning with the StuG III Ausf. G from December 1942, a 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun could be mounted on a shield on top of the superstructure for added anti-infantry protection. Some of the F/8 models were retrofitted with a shield as well. Many of the later StuG III Ausf. G models were equipped with an additional coaxial 7.92 mm MG34."

"Later G versions from November 1943, were fitted with the Topfblende pot mantlet (often called Saukopf "Pig's head") gun mantlet without coaxial mount. This cast mantlet with organic shape was more effective at deflecting shots than the original boxy mantlet armour of varying thickness between 45 mm and 50 mm. Lack of large castings meant that the trapezoid-shape mantlet was also produced until the very end. A coaxial machine gun was added first to boxy mantlets from June 1944, and then to cast Topfblende from October 1944, in the middle of "Topfblende" mantlet production. With an addition of a coaxial, all StuGs carried two MG 34 machine guns from fall of 1944. Some previously completed StuGs with boxy mantlet had a coaxial machine gun hole drilled to retrofit a coaxial machine gun, while Topfblende produced from Nov. 1943 - Oct. 1944 without machine gun opening could not be tampered with." - wiki

Thanks guys, that clarifys that one for me