German
Assault Guns Stug III, in military art prints. The Stug III German
assault gun is shown at Konigsberg during the Russian encirclement. Other
military prints of assault guns will be available shortly from Cranston Fine
Arts.
The
Sturmgeshutz IV assault gun was produced from December 1943, on the
PzKpfw IV chassis. they were built upto March 1945. and a total of over
1100 were built. They were armed with a 75mm StuK 40 L/48 gun. it
was protected with frontal armour of 80mm . but this was increased by the
use of concrete slabs in front of the driver compartment. It carried
63 rounds The Stug IV became the most effective tank destroyer in
the German army
The
Stug IV first saw action of the Eastern front during the summer offensive
at Kursk in 1943.