Signalman
LE

A nice shot of a 'jalpoied' Stuart there - don't see many of those, even though they were very common by the end of the Desert War.
The Marder III is one of the early Sdkfz 139 models (sometimes referred to as the Marder III Ausf G, as it was based on the hull of the cancelled Pz38(t) Ausf G) which was armed with the 76.2mm PaK 36(r). These guns were ex-Soviet M1936 76.2mm Divisional Cannon, re-chambered to fire 7.5cm PaK 40 ammo. Thanks to the large numbers of guns captured from the Soviets, these vehicles actually made it into service BEFORE the Marder II and the PaK 40-armed versions of the Marder III. Quite a few of these saw action in the Desert War and made a big impact at Gazala, coming as a nasty surprise when used in over-watch support of more weakly-armed German tanks and essentially cancelling out the arrival of the Grant's 75mm gun on the battlefield (being referred to at the time in British accounts as 'SP 88mm guns').
The Marder III is one of the early Sdkfz 139 models (sometimes referred to as the Marder III Ausf G, as it was based on the hull of the cancelled Pz38(t) Ausf G) which was armed with the 76.2mm PaK 36(r). These guns were ex-Soviet M1936 76.2mm Divisional Cannon, re-chambered to fire 7.5cm PaK 40 ammo. Thanks to the large numbers of guns captured from the Soviets, these vehicles actually made it into service BEFORE the Marder II and the PaK 40-armed versions of the Marder III. Quite a few of these saw action in the Desert War and made a big impact at Gazala, coming as a nasty surprise when used in over-watch support of more weakly-armed German tanks and essentially cancelling out the arrival of the Grant's 75mm gun on the battlefield (being referred to at the time in British accounts as 'SP 88mm guns').