280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls A first batch of 150

A first batch of 150 vehicles was delivered during the following months

In Australian service (almost always with the No

the combat units started using it for general transport duties

design changes also included simplifications to speed up the manufacturing process

095 carried the 76mm gun

280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls A first batch of 150The 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