German OOB 16: missing 8,8cm Pak 43/41

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Mario_Fr

Ian Hogg (German artillery of ww2) is aware of the two versions but doesn`t give any further details.

Hogg doesn't provide any dates of availability but he does provide details on how the carriage was constructed ( trailing legs coming from the 10.5 le FH and the wheels from the 15cm s FH ) plus combat reports of the guns performance along with the contraptions nickname the troops gave to it ("barn door") becasue it was a pig to move around , so it appears he was somewhat more than just "aware" but dates would have been helpful.

That said, 5/43 does not seem an unreasonable starting point. The issues of getting this gun into the hands of the troops is very similar to the 17 pounder and we provide the transition version in the British OOB so I will include the 44/41 in the German OOB until the PaK 43 enters service.

Don

[Mario_Fr]

Well, excuse my somewhat rakish formulation on Hogg (English is not my native language).
My sources state that the Pak 43/41 was built until Aug. 44 (1403 numbers produced), so it was a different story than the 100 pieces of the 17/25 Pdr Pheasants (17-pdr MK2 ATG, unit 403 in the British OOB), delivered in early 43.

Mario