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WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 29 JUNE – 3 JULY 2026

Duarte Teixeira — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:46:31 +0000

A calmer week after Tankfest 2026, with the team recovering from a memorable weekend that included a broken track link on the StuG III and a spectacular repair with the help of the Nashorn team. The Wheatcroft Collection Sd.Kfz.223 has its original oil light and speedometer fitted and is now very close to completion. Work continues on the Sd.Kfz.222 as the team investigates ignition issues.

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StuG III Ausf. G: Firing Trials Against the Schürzen

Duarte Teixeira — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:20:14 +0000

The skirts on our StuG III were not guesswork. A 1943 German firing trial, tested them against anti-tank rifles and shells. We look at what it found, and lay the anti-bazooka myth to rest.

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WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 15–19 JUNE 2026

Duarte Teixeira — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:23:22 +0000

Final preparations for Tankfest 2026 are underway, with the Jagdpanther and Sturmgeschütz III moved into position in the Collection Hall. The Wheatcroft Collection Sd.Kfz.223 bearing issue has been resolved, work continues on the Australian LP1 MG Carrier fuel tanks, and the replacement fuel pump diaphragm has arrived for the Sd.Kfz.222. The team also helped move the Cranbrook memorial howitzer, a future restoration project on loan to the Foundation, and began filming the first in a new series of videos for the Foundation's YouTube channel.

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StuG III Ausf.G: An Assault Gun That Hunted Tanks

Duarte Teixeira — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:53:26 +0000

The Weald Foundation's StuG III Ausf. G, known as the 'Black Sea StuG', was lost at sea in 1943 on its way to an artillery unit in the Crimea. By then the type carried a gun that made it one of the war's most effective tank-killers, yet it was still designated a Sturmgeschütz, an assault gun, rather than a Panzerjäger or Jagdpanzer. Drawing on a wartime naming memorandum, this article explains why the German army let the name stand apart from the weapon's true role.

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WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 8–12 JUNE 2026

Duarte Teixeira — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:18:37 +0000

Both armoured cars now have their Balkenkreuz painted, the TWC 223 took its first test drive, and progress continues on the Australian LP1 MG Carrier. Next week, the Jagdpanther and StuG III come out for cleaning ahead of Tankfest 2026.

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Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf.B: New Evidence from the Archives

Duarte Teixeira — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:18:33 +0000

On 23 August 1944, twenty-five leichte Schützenpanzerwagen departed for 6. Panzer-Division. On 28 and 30 September, another thirty followed. These dispatches, documented in the records of the Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen, are the equipment inputs to a Vollausstattung programme due to complete on 15 October 1944. Part 3 of the revisited provenance research on the Foundation's Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf.B brings the three documents together and shows where they leave the chassis-to-unit link.

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WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 1–5 JUNE 2026

Duarte Teixeira — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:32:58 +0000

The Wheatcroft Collection Sd.Kfz.223 is now ready for its first test drive, with original Atemschlauch being restored for our Sd.Kfz.223. The team also collected Avgas ready for upcoming test runs of the StuG III and Jagdpanther. Tankfest 2026 is just three weeks away.

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