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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 11:34 AM UTC
Finally, the expected Ausf. E from Dragon is coming this month. And will include the fighting compartment, with seats, radio, ammunition racks and detailed gun.
The Sturmgeschutz III (StuG.III) has the distinction of being Germany’s most widely produced AFV of WWII, with 10,619 eventually manufactured. Based on the chassis of the Panzer III, it was cheaper and faster to build since it did not have a rotating turret. The Ausf.E, still equipped with the same short-barreled 75mm StuK37 L/24 gun as preceding marks, was produced from September 1941 through to March 1942. Some 272 rolled off Germany’s factory floors in that period. This variant’s major improvement over its predecessor was a new armoured pannier on the right side of the superstructure to accommodate radio equipment. Increased space inside allowed an extra six 75mm rounds to be carried. An MG34 was stowed internally too, and smaller hinges for the inspection hatches were another distinguishing feature of the Ausf.E.

Dragon is now offering a brand new kit of the Ausf.E, which is designed by Japanese designers and Dragon team. Also it is the only 1/35 StuG.III Ausf.E in nowadays standard available on market, at least until Bronco releases their announced Ausf. E -which stills has no date scheduled.

This 1/35 scale rendition of the tank destroyer boasts many great new plastic parts. These include the superstructure roof, headlights and covers, StuK37 short-barreled gun, fighting-compartment floor, frontal armour and cleaning rods in their associated rack. There are several photo etch parts. And DS tracks.
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Thanks God it is not another Kingtiger..
JUN 15, 2016 - 05:01 PM
i like the fact that they are doing interior ammo bins. That would be kool if they would do the same for their Stug III G...
JUN 15, 2016 - 08:01 PM
Guess I'll just wait until the rivet-counters tell us how badly Dragon screwed this up!
JUN 15, 2016 - 09:02 PM
I bet the Next release will be a panzer IV variant... Oh and I think DS is awesome
JUN 15, 2016 - 10:19 PM
This looks very promising, since the other Dragon Stuggies are ancient.
JUN 16, 2016 - 01:26 AM
the dragon factory stay to full swing.
JUN 16, 2016 - 02:20 AM
They know everything they need to know to make this kit great. It's just a question of which corners they cut.
JUN 16, 2016 - 03:21 AM
After many years, finally
JUN 16, 2016 - 04:52 PM
Bronco released a Stug E, then Dragon, not wanting to be outdone, finally released an E. Probably just to stay in the game. Tamiya released an improved M10; now maybe Dragon will also follow suit on that one too! Hopefully even better!
JUN 16, 2016 - 08:11 PM
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