Basically, Belgium consists out of two regions: the Dutch or Flemish speaking northern part which is called Flanders, and the southern Frenchspeaking part Wallonia.
During WWII lots of Belgian volunteers served within German Heer and SS units. Percentage wise, of all the conquered nations, we delivered most of the volunteers for the German cause in the East. These young idealists wheren't generally speaking nazi's or even antisemites. Most of them signed up to fight against the threat of Bolsjewism. In many villages the Catholic priest preached against communism and rallied the young men to sign up.
Also, after WWI there were some harsh feelings towards the French speaking elite in Belgium. During WWI many Flemish men, fighting in the Belgian Army were commanded by French speaking officers who didn't speak Flemish. This caused a lot of difficulties during and after the War. Separatist movements rised after the war and these movements would form a firm base for the later Flemish Volunteers during WWII.
When Germany invaded Belgium, these movements saw their chances to dismantle Belgium and continue with Flanders as a separate region-movement. The Germans made good use of this making use of false promises.
Anywhoo, many young Flemish volunteered and were divided in the newly formed NordWest Division, a mixed division consisting out of Flemish, Dutch and Danish men. But, with so many volunteers out of these countries, the NordWest was soon split up in different Legions: the Legion Niederlände, the Freiwillen Legion Flandern etc.
Generally these men were amongst the finest and soon received lots of credit amongst the Germans for their bravery on the Eastern Front. Many casualties were sustained. Since the Flemish were to be considered as 'Germanic' people, these Legions fell under the command of the Waffen-SS. Needless to say that many of them, if not all faced heavy sentences after the war.
Later on during the war at the end of 1943, the Freiwilligen Legion Flandern was reformed into a fully motorized Brigade, and the name changed into the 6th. SS Sturmbrigade 'Langemarck'. And this is were the StuG III comes into play: this Brigade consisted out of 10 Companies, and the 7th Company was a Sturmgeschütz Company, consisting out of 7 or 8 StuG III's.
Now, it was very hard to find any photos or info on this, but some people on the internet helped me out, sending me a chapter of a book written by an ex-Eastern Front Flemish soldier.
The StuG III's of the Langemarck first saw action in January 1944 in Ukraine. The reformed Das Reich division was fighting near Zhitomor in the form of a Kampfgruppe (KG Lammerding). They fought well but suffered many losses and were going to be swamped by the Red Army. They were going to be trapped in a cauldron or pocket, and the first task of the Langemarck was to hold of the Russians in order to prevent the Das Reich being encircled. They did so with succes, but again with many losses.
It's in this period I want to depict my StuG III. I'll be using the Dragon early G for this purpose, together with some goodies.
Here's a shot of a Langemarck StuG III Ausf G (only for discussion purposes!)
ok, I know it's a long text, but I though it could be interesting
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I admire your patience because you must have an abundance of it to deal with all those tracks 
The results speak for themselves though. Fantastic!
