Tag: assault gun
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Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F8 (Sd.Kfz. 142/1)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: GermanyPeriod: World War 2Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium Already as early as 1935, the German Army had demanded artillery guns to become more mobile so that they would be able to keep up with the advancing troops. The first five prototypes of the Sturmgeschütz (based on the Panzer III chassis) were…
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ISU-152
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany The ISU-152 was a self-propelled assault gun based on the chassis of the IS-2 heavy tank. It looks almost identical to its predecessor SU-152, which had been built on the older KV-1’s hull. You can tell the difference by comparing…
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Sturmgeschütz IV (Sd.Kfz. 163)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The StuGs (“Sturmgeschütz” meaning “assault gun”) were Nazi Germany’s most-produced armoured vehicles in World War 2. Designed as an infantry support weapon, they were found to make very effective tank destroyers when equipped with longer and more…