Sd. Kfz 234/4 with 7,5-cm PaK 40 L/46 in soviet service.

Sd. Kfz 234/4 with 7,5-cm PaK 40 L/46

Unteroffizier HANS SDUN was born on July 12, 1920. In WW2 he served as a gunner in 3rd Batterie/Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177 (assault gun battalion). He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class, the General Assault Badge, the Wounded Badge in black and one Tank Destroyer Badge (for knocking out a KV-1 with a magnetic shaped charge). As gunner in the assault gun of Knight's Cross holder Lieutenant Georg Bose he knocked out 13 soviet tanks before becoming a StuG commander himself. Unteroffizier (Sergeant) Sdun was killed in action on July 24, 1944 in the central sector of the eastern front. Photo taken on February 9, 1944.
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Unteroffizier HANS SDUN

Sd. Kfz 234/3 with &quot;Stummelkanone&quot; for infantry support.