Vehicles · Germany · 1940-1945
StuG III
assault gun / tank destroyer
Built turretless on the Panzer III chassis to keep silhouette and cost low, the StuG III began as infantry-support artillery and was progressively up-gunned into the Wehrmacht's most numerous armoured fighting vehicle and its most cost-effective tank killer, credited with destroying more Allied tanks than any other German type. Cheaper and faster to build than a turreted tank, it filled gaps in the panzer divisions as losses mounted.
| crew | 4 |
|---|---|
| armour | up to 80mm front |
| armament | 75mm StuK 40 L/48 |
| produced | ~10,000 |
_b.jpg){kind=link}
