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Originally Posted by FramerT
The Americans used them as early "tank-killers" so I can't say the Germans were the only ones who used them incorrectly. The Germans needed them for their engineers/reconnaissance and maintantaince people especially in the swampy land of the Soviet Union.
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I think it was Hans von Luck, as I remember that said the Germans were using Hanomags with 75mm pak as tanks, also other sources about Soldaten requesting armor support and surprised to see the half tracks pulling up.
Americans did have that variant as well as the 105mm, A veteran acquaintance of mine was in one of those, Meat Choppers(Ballantines Paperbacks) quad .50s in the Ardennes, he said they literally cut down those Grenadiers in half. He's 89, looks like he's 65 and could still fit into his old uniform, one tough guy.