A brief summary of my insights into the actual real facts:
My guesses:
A visually aimed MG used as an area suppression weapon to suppress enemy infantry, in this case with a very limited, 8 degrees, field of view. The MG 34 or 42 was feared …
I guess the accuracy wasn’t better or worse than the same type of MG used in a trench somewhere. When they were needed I suspect it wasn’t in a sniper mode.
Thank you! I am considering placing a figure exiting out of that match, in case the commander’s match wouldn’t open. if the commander’s hatch does open, I might leave the other hatch closed and add a figure climbing up onto the rooft.
@Armor_Buff I’d assume that for a remote-control MG-42 or 34, accuracy wasn’t too much of a concern, and that is can be sprayed as intimidation. I don’t thing the StuG has any pistol ports, though, so point defense would be difficult. In any case, the RC MG was mounted only on the StuG III G, which was for ambushing and fighting other armored vehicles, so the intended purpose probably wasn’t in an infantry setting, so being swarmed by soldiers probably wasn’t a chief concern.
The StuG was used in more roles and enemy infantry is always a concern for armored vehicles.
The ‘Sturm’ in Sturmgeschütz means assault. Assaulting an enemy position requires suppressing enemy infantry (and their support vehicles). The StuG could fire and was equipped with high explosive shells which are mostly used against trenches, buildings and soldiers.
From the Spielberger book:
I corrected some OCR-artifacts:
Vorschuß should be Verschuß
Schikl should be Schild
What I meant is that, while the earlier StuG’s were indeed there to support the infantry, hence the short 75mm guns like on the Pz. IV, the F and G models took on a role of tank destroyer, with the long 75 mm gun, in more of an ambush type situation (from what I’ve heard). What year is this text from?
The book is “modern”
2:nd edition 1994, only 30 years old
I just remembered, the information about the role of the StuG is partly from the Tank Museum’s StuG III tank chat.
Tank destroyers and their need for close in defence using MG’s.
This wikipedia article about the Ferdinand / Elefant tank destroyers could shed some light:
“On the other hand, Heinz Guderian himself complained in his autobiography that the Elefant, much as other failed designs, suffered from lack of close-range protection against infantry assaults.”
The Elefant/Ferdinand was deployed on the front lines, but I don’t know for sure how the StuG III F, F/8 and G were inteded to be used. Do vehicles like the Jagdtiger and Jagdpanthre have roof-mounted MGs?
(I will look in my stug book later)
Intended to be used vs actually used may not always be the same.
No.
JagdPanther was in service 1944 -1945, the first were produced in January 1944
JagdTiger, less than 85 produced from July 1944 to May 1945, some of the later ones had an MG mounted behind the casemate for defence against aircraft. The first JagdTigers reached their units in September 1944
Both of these were in service when Germany had more or less ceased to make any offensives so they could pick off enemy armour well away from enemy infantry and protected by their own infantry.
" The first Jagdtiger lost in combat was during the failed Operation Nordwind offensive in France in 1945. Despite its heavy armour, this Jagdtiger was lost to American infantry using a bazooka, which at the time was considered ineffective against such a massive vehicle."
The Sheridan is an odd vehicle, mostly because I have formed an association of it to playing soccer with one from War Thunder events.
Before you were playing soccer in War Thunder I was sitting on a hilltop in the Eve of Destruction mod for Battlefield: 1942 spawn camping the enemy base.
There was a time that I was charging an attack in Bf1942 and shouting:”andiamo”!!! 
. I think it was last century 
Just to be clear I was in a Sheridan on that hilltop.
The roof is coming along nicely. How should I deal with the interior being seen through the hatches?
I see you will place a crew in the open hatches?
Then paint the inside in the right color.
That would be sufficient.
The most of the space will be filled with crew
(Like my Zrinyi)
I haven’t been able to post my work ( photos at least ) because my iPad has become somewhat dis functional. I miss doing this so I thought I would try it with my phone .
I’ve been working on the 1/32 Meng ( ex Wingnut Wings) Fokker. Aviattic decals for Werner Voss’ F1. The fit of the kit is just superb . Only issue was the warped sprue for the wings but they were easily straightened.
The commanders hatch will have a figure inside, while the other one will have a figure close to it, and an MG above it. Will painting just the casemate interior white work, or will it expose too much of the inside?
Well i received my new airbrush today. Neoeco SJ 83. Went to hook it up and no go😐.
I forgot all about the different types of connectors.
My compressor and Paasche airbrushes are NPT threads, while the Neoeco is BSP threads.
Once i saw it i remembered that my Paasche hose doesn’t connect to a Badger AB i have.
Now i learned about the BSP threads. WTF! 
Thankfully i googled a bunch before just ordering sh!t
Well another tank transporter is under way, 1/72 Hanomag SS-100 Gigant and Sd.Ah 115 trailer both from Special Armour a Pz-38(t) will join them as a load later.
The SS-100 is ready for primer while the trailer still needs the rear axle built and the small bits added before it gets a primer coat.
