StuG III early Sturmgeschütz III assault gun

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: StuG III Ausf B bridge ostfront

: StuG III Ausf B rear view

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III and crew

: StuG III Ausf A 2

: StuG III and 37 mm Pak

: knocked out StuG III

: German Sturmgeschutz III of Waffen SS

: Panzer III is passed by a StuG III

: StuG III of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III front view

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III in Russia 1942

: StuG III of Wehrmacht 112 Infanterie Division Ostfront

: StuG III Ausf B Eastern front

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III

: StuG III Ausf B 2

: German assault gun StuG III Ausf B 2

: StuG III Ausf B E

: StuG III France 1940

: Soviet captured StuG III

: StuG III Ausf A 3

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf C

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III 1940

: StuG III Ausf B Passing on Street Russia

: StuG III assembly line

: StuG III Russia 1941

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III in Sieradz Poland

: StuG III “H” of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192

: German assault gun StuG III Ausf B 3

: German Sturmgeschutz StuG III 75mm Assault Gun

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III D E

: Damaged StuG III E

: StuG III with damaged gun

: StuG III from Stug Abt. 243 and Wehrmacht soldiers in action

: StuG III in action eastern front

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf E

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III winter

: StuG III in transit to the Russian front

: StuG III on road

: StuG III driving gear

: Sturmgeschutz StuG 40 Ausf F

: StuG Sturmgeschutz III Ausf B Eastern front

: Sturmgeschutz III in Sieradz Poland

: StuG III named Gertrud of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243

: StuG III Ausf B in Gorkie Eastern Front 1941

: StuG III Ausf B 3

: Camouflaged Sturmgeschutz StuG III

: German assault gun StuG III Ausf A

: StuG III Ausf B assault gun

: StuG III Ausf B front

: StuG III Ausf A

: StuG III Ausf E guns

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III A

: German assault gun StuG III Ausf E winter

: German assault gun StuG III Ausf B

: StuG III Ausf B 5

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B

: StuG III Ausf B on road

: StuG III near Leningrad

: StuG III ausf B front view

: Prototype Sturmgeschutz III (0-serie)

: knocked out early StuG III Ausf B

: StuG III rear view

: StuG III eastern front

: StuG III ausf A on trailer

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III ausf A

: StuG III on Sonderanhanger 116

: StuG III ausf B 1941

: StuG III ausf B Frederikshavn Denmark

: StuG III and Panzergrenadieren

: German assault gun StuG III

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B eastern front

: StuG III Minsk 1941

: StuG III of 9 Panzer Division

: Destroyed German assault gun StuG III Ausf E suffered an internal explosion

: Assault gun StuG III ausf B

: German assault guns StuG III

: German assault gun StuG III

: StuG III ausf A photo

: StuG III ausf B

: A German Sturmgeschütz III tank destroyer advances through a village on the Eastern Front.

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun

: StuG III E photo

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun

: Assault gun StuG III Ausführung B from Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243

: StuG III from Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 226

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 7

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 3

: StuG III Ausf B from Sturmgeschutzabteilung 192

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun 8

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III german assault gun

: StuG III ausf A of 10th Panzer Division

: StuG III eastern front

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun – rear

: Prototype StuG III (0-Serie) on Panzer III B chassis

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG III assault gun

: Early Sturmgeschutz III assault gun 5

: StuG III from Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 226 photo

: Sturmgeschutz III StuG assault gun 10

: StuG III easten front winter

: German assault gun Sturmgeschutz III Ausf B

: StuG III Ausf F near Stalingrad Russia 1942

: StuG ausf B front view 1940

: Sturmgeschutz III in winter

: Early StuG III 2

: StuG III Ausf D

: StuG III fahrschule

: StuG III ausf A winter camo

: Fahrschule StuG III

: German assault guns StuG III

: StuG III

: Sturmgeschutz III

: German assault guns StuG III

: StuG III assault gun

: Destroyed early StuG III

: Sturmgeschutz III fahrschule

: StuG III Ausf B 4

: StuG III on bridge

: Prototype Sturmgeschutz III (0-serie) on Panzer III B chassis

: Early StuG III

: StuG III assault gun 2

: German StuG III

: German StuG III Ausf B

: StuG III Ausf E, winter

: Stug III Sdkfz front view 1942

: StuG III and Panzerman

: Wehrmacht troops in russian winter and StuG III assault gun

: Sturmgeschutz III Ausf A

: StuG III in winter

: Sturmgeschutz III Ausf C Bosowaja Bulgaria

: StuG III in russian service

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III Ausf B 1941

: Sturmgeschutz III in winter

: Sturmgeschutz III of Abteilung 197

: Sturmgeschutz III 1941

: German assault gun StuG III

: StuG III with infantry in Stalingrad 1942

: Sturmgeschutz III Ausf E and Panzer III in winter

: German assault guns StuG III

: German assault gun StuG III ausf A

: StuG III Ausf B

: StuG III 42

: StuG III Sd.Kfz 142

: Sturmgeschutz III Russia

: Sturmgeschutz III SP guns

: StuG III Ausf B early

: StuG III Sd kfz 142

: StuG III on trailer transport

: StuG III winter

: StuG III Sd.Kfz 142

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III wehrmacht

: StuG III assault gun and SdKfz 250 halftrack

: German troops sit on StuG III

: StuG III in Stalingrad Russia 1942

: Fahrschulsturmgeschutz III

: StuG III assault gun

: Sturmgeschutz StuG III winterkampf

: StuG III

: Early StuG III ausf A

: Sturmgeschutz III

: StuG III

: StuG III

: StuG III of Abteilung 322

: StuG III Ausf B

: Sturmgeschutz III during the Operation Barbarossa

: Sturmgeschutz III guns

: Early StuG III

: StuG III and fallschirmjagern

: Assault gun StuG III rail transport

: StuG early

: StuG III winter, rear view

: Sturmgschütz III ausf B of the Stug Abt 192

: Sturmgeschutz III Abteilung 197 winter

: StuG III

: StuG III with winterketten tracks

: StuG III Ausf E of Abteilung 322

: StuG III german assault gun

: StuG III with German troops

: Early version of the German Sturmgeschütz III tank destroyer

: StuG III in Stalingrad 1942

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). It was decided to mount the gun direct onto the Panzer III tank hull, dispensing with any form of tank turret and thus lowering the silhoutte. The StuG III Ausf A, built in 1940 (production: 30, manufacturer: Daimler-Benz), had a 4 man crew, a 300 hp engine, a top speed of 40 km/h and a 160 km range (100 km off-road). In September 1941 on Hitler’s personal orders StuG III was up-armpred and up-gunned by fitting the 75 mm StuK 40 L/43 (later 75 mm StuK 40 L/48) longer barrelled gun – StuG III Ausf. F variant. It continued in service for the rest of the Second World War, as did the final model, the StuG ausf G, which had a partially cast superstructure and mantlet which was called Saukopf (Saukopfblende). The Sturmgeschütz III spg proved to be the most successful destroying more enemy tanks than did the Panzer III.
Total production: 10306