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I have found several lists of what WAS in North Africa, in the Desert War phase and in Tunisia, and they don’t mention stugs.
Now, I am SURE I saw a ‘photo of a Stug, and that it was captioned North Africa……
Is the correct answer;
– None, your memory is playing tricks again you senile old git?
– None, the photo may well have existed but the caption was wrong. wrong I tell you, wrong!*
– maybe 1 or 2 made it over but no-one considers that worthy of mention in an army list?
– loads and you have made a complete hash looking at lists?
– my god, you have made the discovery of the century Pat – find that ‘photo, it blows everything we know of history wide open!
(either at Housesteads or Vindolanda there was a rusty metal loop in the museum, labeled ‘Roman Cavalry Stirrup – 3rd Century’. I was very much ‘uhhhhhh do I make a fool of myself or do I walk away? I walked away.)
I think so, but I am old now.
Yes they did. Three of them…
Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.
There’s a bloke on Facebook down in Kent doing one up:
https://www.facebook.com/StugIIIAusfDRestoration/timeline
It should be ready for this show in July (its featured in the vehicles section):
http://nelz60.moonfruit.com/military-vehicles/4582109551
6mm France 1940
http://les1940.blogspot.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/386297688467965/
Also present in Tunisia about 10 with 10. Panzer iirc
Yes, three StugIIId with Zvb 288 Afrika, and a small number of IIIf with 10th panzer in Tunisia.
Compared to fleets of PzIII, insignificant numbers.
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" - Helmuth von Moltke
10th Panzer had one battery of 6 Stug (75mm long) in Tunisia
These were originally Sturmgeschutz Batterie 242, but became 13 batterie, Panzer Artillery Regiment 90