Sturmgeschütz
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thumb|300px|An early version of the (StuG III Ausf.C/D)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Development history
- StuG III
- Combat use
- StuG IV
- Broadened use
- Post-war use
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|300px|An early version of the (StuG III Ausf.C/D)
' (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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sturmgeschütz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.