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Maximum speed. 40 km/h (25 mph) The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) was an assault gun produced by Germany during World War II. It was the most-produced fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle, [4] and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track.
Sturmgeschütz. Sturmgeschütz (abbreviated StuG) meaning "assault gun" was a series of armored fighting vehicles used by both the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS formations during the Second World War (1939–1945). The main StuGs were the StuG III and StuG IV based on the Panzer III and Panzer IV medium tank chassis respectively.
An assault gun (from German: Sturmgeschütz, lit. ' storm gun ', meaning "assault gun") [1] [2] is a type of armored infantry support vehicle and self-propelled artillery, mounting a infantry support gun on a protected self-propelled chassis, [3] intended for providing infantry with direct fire support during engagement, especially against other infantry or fortified positions, secondarily ...
Besides Panzer IIIs and StuG IIIs, the Soviets also used about a hundred ex-German Panzer IV medium tanks as well as Panther tanks. Tiger I and II tanks seized by the Soviets were only largely used for testing rather than fighting on the frontline. Nazi Germany fielded a large quantity of their own captured enemy weapons ranging from rifles to ...
Cross-country: 120 km (75 mi) Maximum speed. 40 km/h (25 mph) The Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) (Sd.Kfz. 167) was a German assault gun variant of the Panzer IV used in the latter part of the Second World War. It was identical in role and concept to the highly successful StuG III assault gun variant of the Panzer III.
The Entwicklung series (from German Entwicklung lit. 'development'), more commonly known as the E-Series, was a late- World War II attempt by Nazi Germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in five different weight classes (E-10, E-25, E-50, E-75 and E-100) from which several specialised variants ...
6 forward, 1 reverse gears. Suspension. torsion-bar. Operational. range. 110 kilometres (68 mi) Maximum speed. 20 kilometres per hour (12 mph) The Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B ("Assault Infantry Gun 33B"), was a German self-propelled heavy assault gun used during World War II.
The Zrínyi's development process started in 1942; after the Hungarian delegation had the chance to witness the success of the StuG III Ausf. F armed with a long 75 mm anti-tank gun or short 105 mm howitzer. [1] Hungary attempted to negotiate with Germany to try and acquire StuG IIIs. However, they could only receive a fraction of what they ...