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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 an infantry support gun on a protected self-propelled chassis, [3] intended for providing infantry with heavy direct fire support during engagement, especially against other infantry or fortified positions ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... The Canon d’Assaut Lorraine was a French tank destroyer and assault gun, designed upon the chassis of the AMX M4 ...
Stormartillerivagn m/43 (Sav m/43) (English: Assault artillery carriage model 1943) was an assault gun based on Stridsvagn m/41 SII chassis, a Swedish development of a license-built Czechoslovak TNH light tank. The Sav m/43 was first armed with a 75 mm gun; later they were rearmed with a 105 mm m/44 gun.
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.
The main gun was a fully stabilized Rheinmetall Rh 105-11 super-low recoil gun in a new turret. [3] The weight was 18 tons and the speed in water was increased to 12 km/h from the regular ikv 91. It had an IR system by SAAB which gave it full night capability. Both the gunner and commander had monitors and could fire the main gun. [1]
An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armoured chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions. Historically, the custom-built fully armoured assault guns usually mounted the gun or howitzer in a fully enclosed casemate on a tank
ISU 122s can be seen in the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in St Petersburg, the Kubinka Tank Museum, the Central Museum of the Russian Army, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv (where it is an ISU-152 crudely modified with spare D-25T gun, labeled as ISU-122) and ...
This is a list of tank main guns which are designed or used as the primary weapon of combat by tanks, such as light tanks, medium tanks, heavy tanks, or main battle tanks. Many tanks have other, secondary weapons installed in them, such as machine guns , autocannons and small calibre mortars , which are not included in this list.