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Gesch lgkw Somua. PaK 40 on Somua MCG S 307 (f) half-track

 

Gesch lgkw Somua. PaK 40 on Somua MCG S 307 (f) half-track

This vehicle was again built for the Division, mating a PaK 40 7.5cm anti-tank gun to the chassis of an ex-French Somua MGC half-track. It replaced the normally towed anti-tank guns in the Panzer-Grenadier Regiments.

SP gun from 8th Heavy Ko.(Lt. Hans Höller)

Picture from pg 68: Carl Shilleto, Battleground Europe: Pegasus Bridge and Merville Battery,
Combined Publishing, Conshohocken, PA,1999, showing an SP gun from 8th Heavy Ko.(Lt. Hans Höller),
192 Pz Gren Regt., June 1944.

Destroyed vehicle

Picture from pg 75, Georges Bernage and Jean-Pierre Benamou, “Goodwood “ Bombardement géant anti-panzers, Editions Heimdal, 1994. Destroyed vehicle to the right of the British armored car is identified as part of II./125, 8th Heavy Ko.

Dug in 21st Panzer vehicle

7.5cm PaK 40 on Somua MCG S 307(f) . Dug in 21st Panzer vehicle at Cairon before D-Day.
Picture from Alexander McKee, Caen Anvil of Victory, Dorset  Press, New York, 2001.