The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) was an assault gun produced by Germany during World War II. It was the most-produced German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle , [ 4 ] and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track .

2014年12月1日 · The Stürmgeschutz III, better known as the StuG III, was the workhorse of the German army, serving both for infantry support and tank hunting.

Sturmgeschütz (abbreviated StuG) meaning "assault gun" was a series of armored fighting vehicles used by both German Wehrmacht and 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.

2017年3月12日 · The Sturmgeschütz III was most definitely one of the most iconic tank destroyers of WWII. Contributing to the cult status of StuG was the fact that it was the most produced armored fighting vehicle of Nazi Germany.

The STUG-III was the main German self-propelled gun in 1939, but became the most produced Axis tank hunter of WW2 after being rearmed by a PAK-39 75 mm gun

Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III, Sd.Kfz. 142) – german assault gun. The decision to develop a special dual purpose armoured assault gun / tank destroyer was made in June 1936 and the 75 mm gun was chosen (7,5 cm Sturmkanone 37 L/24).

2022年8月20日 · The StuG III, while not intended to engage enemy armor, could easily defeat Soviet light tanks thanks to their armor-piercing rounds that could penetrate some 34 mm of armor at 1 km. Besides seriously underestimating the enemy’s combat strength and resolve, the German intelligence office also failed to pick up on the new Soviet tank designs ...

The Tank Museum’s StuG III. Currently on loan to The Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, Austria, this StuG is an Ausf (model) G. It was built by Alkett and is one of 59 supplied to the Finnish Army and used by them in the Continuation War …

The StuG III Ausf.F/8, like its predecessor, was powered by a twelve-cylinder, water-cooled Maybach HL 120 TRM engine providing 265 hp @ 2,600 rpm. Its overall drive performance remained basically the same, with a maximum speed of …

2025年2月16日 · The most massive tracked armored vehicle among the Germans was the StuG III – together with the StuH 42, 10,5 thousand of them were produced. Only StuG III Ausf. G assembled 7 vehicles – more than all the “long-barreled” Pz. Kpfw. IV combined.