StuG III and IV

The StuG assault gun was one of Germany's first successful tank destroyers and one of the best ever made.The first StuG's appeared around the time of the Battle of France and were greatly successful in the first couple years of the war.Eventually the short barrelled gun it originally used was replaced by a longer barrelled one.The StuG was built on the Panzer III and Panzer IV body,hence the "III" and "IV".In the later years of the war the StuG was still successful but it since it didn't have a turret it was vulnerable from the side.It was also vulnerable to air attack like all other tanks and since the Allies had air superiority the StuG could be destroyed from the air with ease.



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