Zimmerit..............................

[stillp]

Couldn't find the one with Zim, but here's a few: https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/...sch%C3%BCtz_IV

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Dave

Had a quick look through my small book collection and cannot find any pics of either a StuG 111 or IV with Zimm on the pigs head thingy

[Guest]

The actual translation doesn't give you much clue - " Sow's head cover" why a sow & not just a pig, I can't fathom!

The actual German name for this type of mantlet is Topfblende — “cooking pot mantlet”.

Saukopfblende is, AFAIK, a modern term that was apparently not (or perhaps only rarely) used in the Second World war. Interestingly, if I Google “Saukopf”, I get two results: one is the Saukopf mountain top near Frankfurt am Main, the other (much more numerous one) is StuGs.

[rtfoe]

:tears-of-joy: :tears-of-joy: :tears-of-joy: I'd like to see the shape of that German cooking pot...must be to cook some German delicacy like sauerkraut.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

I must say it’s sometimes puzzled me too, because it does resemble a pig’s head (or a duckbill, as it was apparently also occasionally referred to) much more than any kind of cooking pot I can think of.

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Dave

Had a quick look through my small book collection and cannot find any pics of either a StuG 111 or IV with Zimm on the pigs head thingy