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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 .
Meanwhile, heavier armed tank destroyers were developed, such as the Jagdpanzer IV and the Jagdpanther, which combined the low silhouette of the StuG with the heavier armament of the Panther and Tiger II tanks, respectively. Still, the StuG III was an effective armored fighting vehicle long after the Panzer III had been retired as a main battle ...
SPAAG/Tank destroyer: 135 40 mm autocannon 40M Turán I: Medium tank: 285 40 mm gun, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 41M Turán II: Medium tank: 139-195 75 mm howitzer, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 43M Turán III: Medium tank: 1-2 75 mm gun, 2 × 8 mm Gebauer MGs 43M Zrínyi II: Assault gun: 72 105 mm howitzer 44M Zrínyi I: Tank destroyer: 1
Sd.Kfz. 142 Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) (10,086) Sturmhaubitze 42 (1,299) ... TACAM T-60 (Soviet T-60 converted into a tank destroyer with a different Soviet gun, 34)
The German Wehrmacht had success with StuG III and StuG IV in this area. Therefore, the Swedish Army decided to emulate the StuG III and StuG IV examples and create a similar vehicle. [1] In 1942, Landsverk participated in this tank destroyer project and designed the new vehicle on the chassis of the Stridsvagn m/42. [2] [1]
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 ...
Included is additional British infantry, German Panther tanks and the very heavy German King Tiger tank. Self-propelled (assault) guns were introduced, including the German StuG III and American M10 tank destroyer. A campaign mode (rule set) is provided that links multiple scenarios together in sequence. Eight new scenarios are included.
StuG III Ausf. D as received by Jon Phillips in May 2013. StuG III Ausf. D, chassis number 90678 was captured by the British Army at El Alamein in the North African Campaign and was taken to the UK for tests and study. This tank was recovered from the Pirbright fire range in UK, and was then part of Kevin Wheatcroft collection. [4]