Photos WW2 Soviet Forces

Soviet generals (two lieutenant generals and a major general) talk to soldiers at the German Pz.Kpfw tank captured near Stalingrad. III Ausf. L. 1942. The tank bears the emblems of two German tank divisions: on the tower, above the number "223" (seen in the photo from other angles) - a diamond-shaped ribbon (14th Panzer Division) and on the wing in front above the caterpillar - a galloping horseman taking a barrier ( 24th Panzer Division). Additional 20-mm frontal armor is visible, additional armor has been removed from the gun mantlet.

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A Finnish self-propelled artillery unit of the German-made StuG III assault gun class captured by Soviet troops. Assault guns of this type in the amount of 59 units were delivered to Finland from allied Germany.

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Did these see service in soviet use?

Some of the captured Pz.III and StuG.IIIs were converted into the SU-76I self-propelled guns. A small part of the captured self-propelled guns was used until the exhaustion of shells and spare parts. I don't know about specific Finnish SPGs - most likely, they, like most captured vehicles, were melted down. After the war, the USSR was in dire need of steel.
 
Soviet officers inspect the German StuG assault gun abandoned in the forest near Kiev. III, November 1943.

According to some reports, StuG was from the 202nd brigade, which had a large number of vehicles with its own name.

An officer in an overcoat without shoulder straps - Captain Eremenko.

From the photo album of the Soviet 238th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade.

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