280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls design changes also included simplifications

design changes also included simplifications to speed up the manufacturing process

In Australian service (almost always with the No

095 carried the 76mm gun

outclassed German light and medium tanks fielded in 1939 to 42

The VW Schwimmwagen Type 166 (Swimming Car) was used extensively by German ground forces during WW2

280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls design changes also included simplificationsThe StuG III was designed to fill an infantry close support combat role, early models were fitted with a low velocity 75 mm StuK 37 L 24 gun to destroy soft skin targets and fortifications. After the Germans encountered the Soviet KV 1 and T 34 tanks, the StuG III was first equipped with a high velocity 75 mm StuK 40 L 43 main gun (Spring 1942) and in Autumn 1942 with the slightly longer 75 mm StuK 40 L 48 gun. These versions were known as the