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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.
A StuG in action during the First Battle of Kharkov, Oct 1941 British troops inspect captured German equipment, including a StuG IV and a StuG III A StuG III in Normandy. In 1942 and 1943 the StuG was one of the most effective tracked fighting vehicles fielded by the belligerents, in terms of enemy vehicles destroyed.
The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone [a] 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German Panzer IV (F2 model onwards) medium tank and the Sturmgeschütz III (F model onwards) and Sturmgeschütz IV assault guns which were used as tank destroyers.
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 ...
Panzer IV A-F1 - Panzer IV with short 75 mm L/24 gun; Panzer IV F2-J - Panzer IV with long 75 mm L/43 or L/48 gun; StuG IV (Sd.Kfz. 167) - Assault gun. Modified superstructure of Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G on Panzer IV chassis; armed with 75 mm L/48 gun; Jagdpanzer IV (Sd.Kfz. 162) - Tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 gun on Panzer IV chassis
Sd.Kfz. 162 - Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 main gun on Panzer IV chassis Sd.Kfz. 162/1 - Jagdpanzer IV with 75 mm L/70 main gun) Sd.Kfz. 163 - Sturmgeschütz IV for Sturmkanone 40 (L/48) Sd.Kfz. 164 - Nashorn (until 1944 known as Hornisse) panzerjäger tank destroyer with 88 mm Pak 43 main gun)
From March 1942, new variants of the Panzer IV and StuG III had a derivative of the 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun, the longer-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 40. [1] When older Panzer IVs were up-gunned, their former KwK 37 guns were reused to arm later Panzer III tanks and other infantry support vehicles. In 1943, depleted stocks and demand for the Panzer ...
Gerät 820 (equipment number for the StuG IV) Gerät 821 (equipment number for the Jagdpanzer IV version of the Panzer IV) Gerät 892 (equipment number for the cable-laying version of the Sd.Kfz. 250) Gerät 893 (equipment number for the radio carrier version of the Sd.Kfz. 250) Geschützwagen III/IV - title for the Hummel and Nashorn chassis